Saucer Bug - Ilyocoris cimicoides
Size: 15 mm. The Saucer Bug has a flat, oval shaped body with a dark back and silvery underside created by the air bubble held there while underwater. It also has a distinctive pair of horn like front legs.
Spends much of its time hiding in dense vegetation in muddy pond shallows.
All year round.
A very able predator, feasting on all manner of insects which cross its path. Its fearsome looking front legs are like a powerful and razor sharp claw.
Widespread and fairly common throughout England and Wales.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
AJ Cann
Watermead CP
17 April 2023
AJ Cann
Watermead CP
17 April 2023
Steve Woodward
Grace Dieu
21 May 2011
Graham Calow
Near Great Glen
18 May 2018
Specimen examined
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
30 June 2018
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Species profile
- Common names
- Saucer Bug, Saucer bugs
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Naucoridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 20
- First record:
- 21/09/2001 (D. Voce)
- Last record:
- 15/10/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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Graham Calow
Near Great Glen
18 May 2018
Specimen examined
David Nicholls
Dishley Pool, Loughborough
04 April 2023
AJ Cann
Hicks Lodge
25 June 2024
