Camptozygum aequale
A small orange-brown bug found on conifers, especially Scots Pine and occasionally Spruce. The dorsal surface is punctured, and the head is wide in proportion to the pronotum. The rostrum is long, reaching to the hind coxae
Almost black specimens occur on the continent.
Photographs of bug, ideally from a specimen.
Widely scattered (ref: UK checklist 2021 on British Bugs website).
Uncommon; first recorded in VC55 in 2024.
AJ Cann
Bitteswell Ash Tree Farm
10 July 2025
sue
Thornton Reservoir
22 July 2024
on Scots Pine
AJ Cann
Bitteswell Ash Tree Farm
10 July 2025
rostrum
sue
Loughborough, Forest Rd, Woodbrook Way
16 June 2025
sue
Loughborough, Forest Rd, Woodbrook Way
16 June 2025
sue
Nailstone, churchyard
01 July 2025
sue
Nailstone, churchyard
01 July 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 22/07/2024 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 10/07/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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