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Arenocoris falleni
Family: Coreidae

 Although variable in colour, this squashbug has two rows of long spines on the pronotum which form a distinctive backwards pointing V-shape. The 3rd antennal segment is also markedly parallel-sided.

Following adult emergence and mating in the spring, the pale ochreous larvae can be found June-July feeding on storksbill. Possibly double-brooded when conditions are favourable.

 A local species which is mostly confined to coastal sand dunes between Norfolk and south Wales, although it does occur inland in the east anglian brecks.

 Adult: All year
Length 6-7 mm		 Arenocoris falleni
Adult: Suffolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Arenocoris falleni Arenocoris falleni
Adult: Suffolk (May 2007) ©Stuart Read

 		Adult: Suffolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Arenocoris falleni Arenocoris falleni
Adult: Suffolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock Adult: Suffolk (May 2007) ©Stuart Read