Oncotylus
viridiflavus
Family: Miridae
The blueish-green ground
colour and black patterning on the head and pronotum make O. viridiflavus unmistakeable.
Widely scattered across central and southern England and parts of
Wales, most often found on the flowering heads of Knapweed Centaurea nigra,
the foodplant.
Adult: July-September
Length 5-6 mm
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Adult on
knapweed: Berks (July 2009) ©Jonathan Michaelson
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London (July 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
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Adult: north
London (July 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
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Nymph: north
London (June 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
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