Pilophorus clavatus
Description
Length 4.5 mm. Pilophorus species are rather ant-like bugs, which feed on aphids and have silvery bands on the forewings formed by pale hairs. In P. clavatus the posterior band is not continuous across the forewings and is displaced forwards in the centre (where it crosses the clavus). The pronotum and forewings are also covered in fine hairs.
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
Photographs showing key features required.
Habitat
On Willows.
When to see it
Summer-Autumn.
UK Status
Locally frequent across much of Britain.
VC55 Status
Seems to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Further Information
AJ Cann
Bagworth Heath
24 August 2021
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