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Amblytylus nasutus
Family: Miridae
Amblytylus species are greenish-yellow elongate oval bug in which the head is rather long (almost as long as broad) and the eyes are small. The upper surface is densely covered  in hairs.

In A. nasutus these hairs are dark, as is the wing membane.
A common bug in dry grasslands and wastelands across southern Britain.

Compare: Lopus decolor, Megalocoleus molliculus

Adult: June-August
Length ~4.5 mm
 Amblytylus nasutus
Adult: Berks (June 2009) ©Jonathan Michaelson
Amblytylus nasutus Amblytylus nasutus
Adult: north London (June 2008) ©Tristan Bantock Adult: north London (June 2008) ©Tristan Bantock