Denticulate Leatherbug - Coriomeris denticulatus
Length 7 to 9 mm. A reddish-brown squashbug which is distinctly bristly, particularly on the pronotum, legs and antennae. The lateral margins of the pronotum are covered in white spines, each ending in a dark tip.
Associated with dry, open habitats on chalky or sandy soils and feeds on Black Medick and other clovers.
All year round.
Mainly distributed in southern Britain as far north as Yorkshire.
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Adrian Russell
Ketton Quarry
03 June 2015
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
15 September 2016
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
15 September 2016
sue
Albert Village Lake
22 May 2022
sue
Albert Village Lake
22 May 2022
sue
Bagworth Heath CP, top of tip
13 June 2021
sue
Leicester, Troon Way verge outside Sainsbury's
01 June 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Coreidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 19
- First record:
- 07/05/2013 (Canning, Jason)
- Last record:
- 10/08/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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