Psallus haematodes, Kingmoor Nature Reserve, 15 August 18 (2 of 2)
Psallus haematodes plant bug found on a post in the Kingmoor Sidings Nature Reserve, Carlisle, 15 August 18.
This was too small to photograph in situ in poor light and so it was collected and photographed later in the day at 20x magnification with my SX10D microscope.
A new one for me, and thankfully it's apparently one of the few Psallus species that can be easily identified:
www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/psallus_haemat...
As the CBDC no longer allows NBN access to county data, it's not clear what the status of this bug is in Cumbria. However, it's noted that Tullie House has 16 preserved Psallus haematodes specimens, most of which appear to have been collected from the north of the county - although only one of these is post 1941.
Psallus haematodes, Kingmoor Nature Reserve, 15 August 18 (2 of 2)
Psallus haematodes plant bug found on a post in the Kingmoor Sidings Nature Reserve, Carlisle, 15 August 18.
This was too small to photograph in situ in poor light and so it was collected and photographed later in the day at 20x magnification with my SX10D microscope.
A new one for me, and thankfully it's apparently one of the few Psallus species that can be easily identified:
www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/psallus_haemat...
As the CBDC no longer allows NBN access to county data, it's not clear what the status of this bug is in Cumbria. However, it's noted that Tullie House has 16 preserved Psallus haematodes specimens, most of which appear to have been collected from the north of the county - although only one of these is post 1941.