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Length 7-8 mm
Phenology Adult throughout Year
Description
This liike many quashbugs have variable colour depending on local environment
Key ID features
Variable in color
It can be differentiad from the very similar Fallens Leatherbug A. fallenii by noting the shape of the 3rd antennal segment, this is thickened towards the tip.
The pronotum also lacks the two backwards pointing rows of pale spineLife Cycle
Habitat
Like the other similar in the genus it feeds on Common Storksbill Erodium cicutarium preferring dry, sandy habitats. This species was thought to be extiinct bur found again in 2011
