Psallus haematodes
Length ~4mm. Very variable in colour. The cuneus is always entirely white, and the ground colour is pale and usually flecked with red or red-brown. Sometimes the upper surface is completely rose-coloured, and unspotted pale-green forms also exist.
Good photographs required please.
Usually found on Willows.
Summer.
Widely scattered (British Heteroptera checklist (2021) - https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/systematic_het.html
Uncommon, though possibly under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
sue
Worthington, Cloud Hill quarry
overburden mound
01 August 2023
AJ Cann
Cotesbach
19 June 2023
sue
Worthington, Cloud Hill quarry
overburden mound
01 August 2023
sue
Cossington LRWT Reserve
09 August 2024
sue
Cossington LRWT Reserve
09 August 2024
sue
Cossington LRWT Reserve
09 August 2024
sue
Worthington, Cloud Hill quarry overburden mound, near gate from Cloud Trail
01 August 2023
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
23 July 2024
sue
Cossington LRWT Reserve
09 August 2024
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 10
- First record:
- 19/06/2023 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 11/08/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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