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Tytthus pygmaeus
2.6 to 3 mm; Ant1 dark with apex pale; pronotum with variable amounts of black; pubescence of short pale hairs. Fore-wings pale greenish yellow, legs yellow.
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Associated with damp marshy habitats.
July to September.
Feeds on the eggs of leafhoppers.
Widely distributed.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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- Bugs
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 24/08/2021 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 24/08/2021 (Cann, Alan)
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