Halticus luteicollis
Family: Miridae
Halticus species are very small plant bugs with mainly pale legs and very long antennae (longer than the body).
In H. luteicollis
the head is pale and the pronotum often partly pale also. The head is
very narrow and pointed when viewed face-on and the femora are pale
with a dark base. This species is always macropterous and covered in
scale-like gold hairs.
A common bug acros southern Britain on bedstraws (Galium) and white bryony.
Adult: June-September
Length ~3 mm
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Adult: Dorset (August 2009) ©Mark Dunkling
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Adult: Surrey (July 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
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Adult: Surrey (July 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
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