Delicate Apple Capsid - Malacocoris chlorizans
Length 3 to 4 mm. The rather forward set eyes and green mottled forewings are distinctive.
This species can be identified with care but there are similar species that it could be confused with.
This small bug may be found on a range of deciduous trees, in particular Hazel.
Adult: May to October in two broods.
It is mainly predatory and feeds on other insects such as mites and aphids.
Widespread throughout Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
HAPeacock
Leicester Garden
28 July 2013
sue
Bagworth
22 August 2023
HAPeacock
Leicester Garden
28 July 2013
David Nicholls
Swithland Wood
25 August 2011
David Nicholls
Wirlybones Wood, Ratby
21 August 2011
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Species profile
- Common names
- Delicate Apple Capsid
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Miridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 10
- First record:
- 21/08/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 02/08/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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Annie Smith
Stoneygate garden
04 September 2017
Annie Smith
Stoneygate garden
04 September 2017
