Orthotylus marginalis

The genus Orthotylus contains several mainly green bugs which are very hard to separate with photographs. Noting the hostplant can be helpful, but a specimen is better. O. marginalis is about 6mm in length with a dense covering of pale hairs. The first antennal segment is brownish and the veins on the wing membranes are green. Genitalia: left clasper large, protruding from tip of abdomen, resembling a two-pronged pitchfork.

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June to August.

Feeds on both plant and animal material. There is one generation per year and the species overwinters as an egg.

Very common.

Common but under-recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were 4 records before the 8th June 2018 record.