Rhopalus parumpunctatus
A large and hairy bug with reddish memebraneous forewings and adomen marked with orange-red and black. The scutellum has a single whitish tooth, unlike the common R subrufus. The corium veins have black dots and there is a pale median line down the pronotum.
other Rhopalus
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Dry grasslands; associated mainly with Mouse-ear Chickweed
Locally distributed in mainly southern Britain
Rare.
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Ketton Quarry
09 July 2025
black dots on corium veins, median line on pronotum
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Ketton Quarry
09 July 2025
single tooth at end of scutellum
sue
Shacklewell Hollow
23 July 2025
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Shacklewell Hollow
23 July 2025
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Shacklewell Hollow
23 July 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Rhopalidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 09/07/2025 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 23/07/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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