Orthotylus tenellus
Length 4.0 to 4.5 mm. Orthotylus tenellus has a ground colour that is translucent pale yellow or yellow-green and the eyes are distinctively dark. The 1st antennal segment lacks long hairs.
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Feeds on Oak, Ash and Hazel.
June to August.
Widely scattered throughout much of the UK but not common.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Cotesbach
19 June 2023
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
31 May 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
31 May 2020
AJ Cann
Cotesbach
19 June 2023
AJ Cann
Cotesbach
19 June 2023
left clasper
AJ Cann
Cotesbach
19 June 2023
straplike ariola
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 31/05/2020 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 31/05/2026 (Timms, Sue)
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