Neottiglossa pusilla
Family: Pentatomidae
This small
shieldbug is pale brown, 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. Nymphs feed on meadow grass (Poa sp); the new generation of adults is complete by August.
Locally distributed in grasslands across southern and central England.
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
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Adult: Sussex (June 2006) ©Stuart Read
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Adult: east London (Sptember 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
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Late instar nymph: Cornwall (August 2010) ©Ashley Wood
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