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| Neottiglossa
pusilla Small
Grass Shieldbug Family: Pentatomidae A small brown species, with paler margins to the pronotum and abdomen, and a pale central stripe running down the pronotum and scutellum. The short head is rather flattened at the front. In dry, open grasslands, feeding on various grasses, but usually in much lower numbers than Aelia acuminata. Locally distributed across southern and central England as far north as Yorkshire; recently recorded in Wales. Adult: All year Length 4-4.5 mm  |
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| Adult:
east London (June 2010) ©Tristan
Bantock |
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| Adult:
east London (June 2010) ©Tristan
Bantock |
Adult: Sussex
(June 2006) ©Stuart Read |
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| Adult: east
London (Sptember 2008) ©Tristan Bantock |
Late
instar nymph: Cornwall (August 2010) ©Ashley Wood |