Macrotylus paykulli
Length 3 to 4 mm. A parallel-sided grey-green species, characterised by a dense covering of coarse, dark hairs on the forewings and a distinctive wing membrane pattern with an irregular black mark at apex of membrane cells. The tibial spines are fine and inconspicuous. Basal antennal segment is dark and mainly black except base & apex.
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On Common Restharrow (Ononis repens).
Summer-Autumn.
Found across Britain in areas where the host plant occurs.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Ketton Pit Lane
06 August 2023
AJ Cann
Holwell Reserves
07 July 2023
AJ Cann
Holwell Reserves
07 July 2023
AJ Cann
Holwell Reserves
07 July 2023
A1 black except base & apex
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 07/07/2023 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 15/07/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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