Order Heteroptera, family Lygaeidae

Ground Bugs

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Eremocoris fenestratus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1839)

Cambridge, Gwydir Street: 16 Apr 2018 A species which historially had a scattered distribution in England and Scotland. The last residue of this distribution, in the Chilterns, is believed to have died out in the early 1960s. This species reappeared in the London area during 2010 where it was found under cypress trees. This is assumed to be due to insects travelling with imported plants from the European mainland. Since then it has been found at sites in the home counties and also Yorkshire. This is believed to be the FIRST RECORD FROM CAMBRIDGESHIRE. NBN Atlas

Eremocoris podagricus (Fabricius, 1775)

Roman Road, near Babraham, Cambs. TL523522: 30 May 2018 The species seems to be particularly associated with moss beneath hawthorns growing on chalk downland. NBN Atlas

Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius, 1775)

Cambridge, Mill Road Cemetery TL462582: 7 Sep 2014 Found on nettles in large aggregations of nymphs (l) and adults (r). NBN Atlas

Ischnodemus sabuleti (Fallén, 1826)

Cambridge, Byron's Pool: 26 May 2015 (l); Perse School: 16 Sep 2014 (r). A species of wetland areas which can occur in very large swarms. The macropterous and micropterous forms seen here are both common and can occur in the same population. NBN Atlas

Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae (Panzer, 1797)

Cambridge, Mill Road Cemetery TL462582: 11 Jun 2015 Common around birch trees. Forewings are largely transparent. NBN Atlas

Scolopostethus thomsoni Reuter, 1874

Cambridge, Gwydir Street: 23 Jul 2001 Often found among nettles Other Scolopostethus spp. are very similar, but the red & black antennae seem to fit thomsoni NBN Atlas

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