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Hainault Forest Website |
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Written and
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Hemiptera
TRUE BUGS |
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GREEN
SHIELD BUG Palomena
prasina Silver birch Hog Hill. It is shedding its final instar
skin to become adult. 15th August 2011. |
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GREEN
SHIELD BUG Palomena
prasina. Instar on bramble 1st August 200 |
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GREEN
SHIELD BUG Palomena
prasina. Hog Hill. The adult becomes bronze
coloured in the autumn when it hibernates and becomes green
again on emergence. Photos: 16th August
2006. Above right:
Instar on lime. 1.8.06. |
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Forest
Shield bug pair on sallow 20th July 2006 |
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FOREST SHIELD BUG Pentatoma rufipes. 9th July 2006. Hainault Lodge. |
FOREST SHIELD BUG
Pentatoma rufipes instar on hawthorn. 20 June 2011 |
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HAWTHORN SHIELD BUG
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
on Crack willow leaf. 17th June 2003. |
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HAWTHORN SHIELD BUG
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
on sallow
17th July 2003 |
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WOUNDWORT SHIELDBUG
Eysacoris fabricii. Hainault Lodge.
16th May 2000. |
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CRUCIFER SHIELDBUG pair
Eurydema oleracea Hainault Lodge. 16th May 2000. Typical
form and red spotted form. |
CRUCIFER SHIELDBUG Typical
form.
Photo © Michael Rumble
1st September 2012 |
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Green Shield bug and
Squash bug on bramble leaf 18th October 2004. |
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SQUASH BUGS
Coreus marginatus on sallow leaf and right on Dock leaf.
25th August 2006 |
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BISHOP'S MITRE bug Aelia
acuminata. Found on the heathland. 21.10.06.
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POND SKATER Gerris
sp. 15mm long. Common bug on all the forest ponds. Feeds on dead
insects on the water surface. Bristles on the tips of legs prevent
it breaking through the surface film. Photo: July 1973. |
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CAPSID BUG Dryophilocoris
flavoquadrimaculatus
on oak leaves, Hog Hill.
5th May
2007. |
CAPSID BUG
Calocorus quadripunctatus
on oak leaves, Hog Hill.
5th May
2007. |
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| FROGHOPPER Cercopsis vulnerata.
Photographed on stem of Cow parsley on former Reservoir site, Hog Hill.
15th May 2006. |
FROGHOPPER or SPITTLEBUG
Philaenus spumarius on lime 4th June 2007 |
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Spittle or plant sap covering Froghopper nymph on willow leaf 4th
June 2007. |
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WATER SCORPION Nepa
cinerea. A leaf-like, flat bug 30mm long. Two front legs
adapted for grasping prey from which it sucks juices. The
"sting-like" appendage at the rear is in fact a breathing tube which
it uses like a snorkel. Photo: May 1971. Chigwell Row Pond. |
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BACKSWIMMER Notonecta
glauca. 15mm long. Common in all forest ponds and numerous in Sheepwater.
Often seen resting near the surface of the water where they gather
oxygen. Photo: July 2004. Sheepwater. As its name suggests The
Backswimmer or Greater water boatman swims upside down The third
pair of legs, covered in hairs, are the longest and used to row
through the water. Below: Microscope view of tip of third leg showing hairs
which help to propel it through the water. |
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