Stenotus binotatus
Length 6 to 7 mm. A distinctive although somewhat variable species, which is fairly large and roughly parallel-sided in shape. Males are generally yellow with extensive dark markings on the pronotum and forewings; females are greenish-yellow with the dark markings much reduced. Both sexes become more strongly marked and deeply coloured with age.
This species can be identified with care but there are similar species that it could be confused with.
A variety of dry grassland habitats.
Adult: June-September
Both nymphs and adults of this species feed mainly on the flowering heads of grasses.
Widespread and very common throughout much of Britain
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Timothy Grassbug
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 69
- First record:
- 16/07/2010 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 19/07/2024 (Cann, Alan)
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