Handsome Plant Bug

Harpocera thoracica

TQ4792 03/06/2023 ©Raymond Small 

Very common throughout Britain on oak with adults normally appearing in May and June. They are short-lived, especially the males. The sexes are dimorphic; females are browner and have wider bodies than the males.

TQ4793 22/04/2024 ©Raymond Small 

A male.

TQ4793 19/04/2024 ©Raymond Small 

This species spends most of the year at the egg stage. Larval development lasts only two weeks. The nymphs are covered in dark hairs and the two basal antennal segments are thicker than the other segments.

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