Box Bug

Gonocerus acuteangulatus

TQ4792 21/07/2018 ©Raymond Small

The Box Bug (11-14mm) was once only recorded in Britain at Box Hill in Surrey where it fed on box trees. When this species shifted to other foodplants such as buckthorn and hawthorn its range increased and is now seen in many other areas. The adults hibernate under bark and in cracks during winter.

TQ4792 06/07/2022 ©Raymond Small

An early instar nymph and the egg from where it emerged.

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