Small Grass Shieldbug - Neottiglossa pusilla
Length 4 to 4.5 mm. This small shieldbug is pale brown, with paler margins to the pronotum and abdomen, and a pale central stripe running down the pronotum and scutellum. The short head is rather flattened at the front.; the new generation of adults is complete by August.
Grassy places where Poa species are present.
Adult: All year.
Nymphs feed on meadow grasses (Poa sp.).
Locally distributed in grasslands across southern and central England.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Bardon Hill, summit
15 September 2018
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Swainspark
31 May 2024
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Swainspark
31 May 2024
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Pentatomidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 15/09/2018 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 31/05/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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