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(Rossi 1807) | (Rossi 1807) | (Rossi 1807) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) |
Hemiptera - Cercopidae | Hemiptera - Cercopidae | Hemiptera - Cercopidae | Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae | Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae |
Red-and-black Froghopper | Red-and-black Froghopper | Red-and-black Froghopper | Common Froghopper | Common Froghopper |
Ceropsis vulnerata | Ceropsis vulnerata | Ceropsis vulnerata | Philaenus spumarius | Philaenus spumarius |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 9mm to 11mm. When Around: April until early September. Habitat: Habitats are quite varied and include both open and wooded area's. Comment: This frog hopper is one of the most common in this group. It is found on the UK main land, and is common on the southern main land. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 5mm to 7mm. When Around: June to September. Habitat: Found in many places, feeding on most plant types. Comment: Commonly found all around the UK. It is extremely variable in its colour, greyish brown to darkish brown or black. |
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(Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | |
Hemiptera - Lygaedae | Hemiptera - Lygaedae | Hemiptera - Rhopalidae | Hemiptera - Rhopalidae | |
No common name | No common name | Cinnamon Bug | Cinnamon Bug | |
Nysius senecionis | Nysius senecionis | Corizus hyoscyami | Corizus hyoscyami | |
Status: Resident in UK. Length: 4mm to 5mm. When Around: Any month of the year. Habitat: Habitats are many and varied, but mostly open flowery meadows, cliff tops, woodland rides and clearings. Comment: First recorded from the UK in 1992, this species is widespread and quite common in England and Wales, as far north as Yorkshire. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 8mm to 9mm. When Around: Any month of the year. Habitat: Habitats are varied, but are mostly open flowery meadows, cliff tops, woodland rides and clearings etc. Comment: This species was originally a coastal insect, but is now found inland throughout England and Wales, as far north as Yorkshire. |
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(Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) |
Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae |
Birch Shield Bug | Birch Shield Bug | Hawthorn Shield Bug | Hawthorn Shield Bug | Hawthorn Shield Bug |
Elasmostethus interstictus | Elasmostethus interstictus | Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 8.5mm to 11mm. When Around: Any month of the year. Habitat: Habitats are bushy places where Birch is plentiful, and includes parks, gardens, hedgerows, heaths, waste ground, etc. Comment: Well distributed and fairly common throughout the UK. It is a common visitor to light traps. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 12mm to 16mm. When Around: Any month of the year. Habitat: Bushy places with Hawthorn, including hedgerows, gardens, parks, and heaths. Comment: Common an wide spread throughout the UK, but not to common in Scotland. |
(Linnaeus 1761) | (Linnaeus 1761) | (Linnaeus 1761) | Fabricius 1775) | Fabricius 1775) |
Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae |
Green Shield Bug | Green Shield Bug | Green Shield Bug | Bronze Shield Bug | Bronze Shield Bug |
Palomena prasina | Palomena prasina | Palomena prasina | Troilus luridus | Troilus luridus |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 12mm to 14mm. When Around: August to July the following year, after hibernation. Habitat: Extremely varied and include gardens, parks, woodland, waste ground, scrub and hedgerows. Comment: Wide spread and fairly common in most of England, Wales, Southern Scotland and southern Ireland. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 11mm to 13mm. When Around: All the year around. Habitat: Habitats deciduous and coniferous woodland, and scrubby places. Comment: Troilus Luridus is common and widely distributed through out Britain and Ireland. |
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(Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) |
Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae | Hemiptera - Acanthosomatidae |
Sloe, or Hairy Shield Bug | Sloe, or Hairy Shield Bug | Sloe, or Hairy Shield Bug | Red-legged Shield Bug | Red-legged Shield Bug |
Dolycoris baccarum | Dolycoris baccarum | Dolycoris baccarum | Pentatoma rufipes | Pentatoma rufipes |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 11mm to 13mm. When Around: All the year around. Habitat: They are plentiful where Blackthorn and Rosaceous shrubs grow, especially on the fringes of woods and in hedgerows. Comment: The Sloe Bug is and widely distributed and common throughout Britain, becoming scarcer in the north. |
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Status: Resident in UK. Length: 11mm to 14mm. When Around: July and August, and again in spring after hibernation. Habitat: Bushy places with Hawthorn, including hedgerows, parks, gardens, woods. Comment: Common and widely distributed through out Britain. |
Most of our native Shield Bugs hibernate during cold spells, but may emerge in milder weather. |
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