Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus 

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Family Pentatomidae

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Formerly Eysarcoris fabricii

Size 5-7 mm

Descriptiona Woundwort are small greenish-grey species. The head and the front of both the pronotum and scutellum are copper coloured, while the connexivum is marked with black and white.The scutellar shield appears broad and rounded in relation to the overall siize

Life Cycle One generation per year; Nymphs feed on hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica and other plants in the Labiateae such as white dead-nettle. New adults may be found August onward

Habitat Widespread in southern and central Britainand expanding its range as far north as Yorkshire, in hedgerows and woodland edges

IMAGE ABOVE WITH PERMISSION (C) ASHLEY WOOD

IMAGE WITH THANKS (C) 2007 CHARLES DAVID


Image Steve Covey (C) 2007
Woundwort Nymph

IMAGE WITH THANKS (C) 2007 CHARLES DAVID



IMAGE WITH THANKS (C) 2007 CHARLES DAVID


IMAGE COURTESY OF STUART READ (C) 2007