Orthonotus rufifrons
A distinctive dark plant bug which is covered in pale hairs, although the sexes are markedly dimorphic. Females are brachypterous and much more rounded in shape; the more elongate and parallel-sided males are macropterous. The 2nd antennal segment has a dark ring at the base in females but is wholly dark in males. Females have a dark red head.
Favours nettles in dampish woodland.
Adult June to September.
Fairly frequent throughout England and Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
14 June 2017
male
sue
Nailstone Wiggs
22 July 2025
female
sue
Nailstone Wiggs
22 July 2025
female
sue
Nailstone Wiggs
22 July 2025
female
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 14/06/2017 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 22/07/2025 (Timms, Sue)
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