Campyloneura virgula
Length 4 to 5 mm. A distinctively marked species which has very long antennae and a bright yellow cuneus, tipped with dark red. Nymphs are yellow, with red-banded antennae and a red stripe on the margins of the pronotum. Males are extremely rare; raising the possibility that C. virgula might be parthenogenetic.
Found on a range of trees particularly Hazel, Hawthorn and Oak.
Adult: July-October
This is a predatory bug.
Common and widespread in Britain.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Burbage Common
16 June 2010
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
18 June 2016
nymph
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
23 July 2010
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
06 July 2010
Graham Calow
Elmesthorpe
01 August 2016
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
25 June 2010
nymph
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 120
- First record:
- 16/06/2010 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 08/08/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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