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Length 6-7 mm
Phenology Adult throughout Year
Description
This liike many quashbugs have variable colour depending on local environment
Key ID features include two rows of small pale spines on the pronotal edge in the form of an onverted V pointing toward the head
Antennal Segments- 3rd antennal segment has parallel-sides. Compare A. waltlii.Life Cycle The Adults strategy is to overwinter The Nymph prersents June-July feeding on the host plant Common Storksbill Erodium cicutarium. It may be flexible with a second brood conditions permitting
HabitatLocal Coastal sand dunes between latitudes encompassing Norfolk and south Wales; also in the East Anglian brecks Recent Increasies in finds in gravel pits and sandy habitats.
IMAGE WITH PERMISSION (C) COURTESY OF ASHLEY WOODD
IMAGE COURTESY OF STUART READ (C) 2007
IMAGE COURTESY OF STUART READ (C) 2007
