Macropsis scutellata
Length 5mm. Pale yellow with dark brown wing veins and a very dark inner margin to the clavus. The facial markings variable but the two lower dark marks often resemble arrowheads. Markings on the pronotum are also variable.
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On nettles.
Adult: June to October
Normally found on nettles, it is the only species in the genus using this host plant.
Common. (ref.: UK Auchenorrhyncha checklist 2021, on British Bugs website)
Occasional.
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
31 July 2009
AJ Cann
Stoke Dry Wood
30 July 2023
AJ Cann
Stoke Dry Wood
30 July 2023
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AJ Cann
Stoke Dry Wood
30 July 2023
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Leicester.
08 August 2015
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Country Park
17 August 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Cicadellidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 31/07/2009 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 22/07/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
14 July 2018
mating pair
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
14 July 2018
mating pair
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
14 July 2018
mating pair
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
31 July 2009
