Adur Bugs Page

---

 

23 May 2008 This small bug was spotted on Green Alkanet on the Waterworks Road, Old Shoreham.  I could not find this in the Beetles. It is the Bug  Mirius striatus

 

30 July 2007 This bug rested on an Ivy leaf on the western part of the Pixie Path.  This must be the Common Green Shield Bug, Palomena prasina.

 

3 June 2007 This bug rested on a Bramble leaf on the northern part of the Slonk Hill bank near the road signs. It is the Hawthorn Shield Bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale. It was the only one seen, but it is a common species and I expect there were many more.

 

24 April 2007

Squash Bugs, Coreus, have been seen in the last few days, a few at a time and mostly ignored.

 

9 April 2007

My first Squash Bug, Coreus, of 2007 was seen clearly in the Butterfly Copse, near the Waterworks Road.

2 March 2007 In a brief burst of early afternoon sunshine, I came across my first bugs (x 2) of the year at the top of Chanctonbury Drive (SE of the bridge to Mill Hill).  This must be the Common Green Shield Bug, Palomena prasina.

 

24 April 2006

Common Green Shield Bugs, Palomena prasina, were mating on the Stinging Nettles on the verges of the Waterworks Road.
 

A Juniper Shield Bug, Elasmostethus tristriatus, came into our south Lancing house (TQ 185 046) on some conifer branches we are using for decorations. True Bugs Web Page

This is the commonest of the local Heteropteran "Shield Bugs" are found in the warmer months on waste land and in gardens.

There is only one recorded local location of the Woundwort Shield Bugs, Eysarcoris fabricii, in Mash Barn Lane, Lancing.

4 October 2004
The Heteropteran "Shield Bug" in the photograph on the right was associated with an Elderberry bush on Mill Hill. Despite this, this is the Hawthorn Shield Bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale.

This bug is a widespread and frequently seen species.

Species:

HEMIPTERA

Mirid Bug, Deraeocoris ruber
Red Bug, Deraeocoris ruber
Water Boatman, Notonecta glauca
Pond Skater, Gerris lacustris
Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata
Squash Bug, Coreus marginatus
Potato Capsid. Calocoris norvegicus
Hawthorn Shield  Bug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Woundwort Shield Bug, Eysarcoris fabricii

British Bugs