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10-08-2008, 10:12 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Caldbeck, Cumbria
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| | | Small black bug
Could someone ID this small black grassland bug for me please. About 5mm long.
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Peter  |
10-08-2008, 11:28 AM
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| | | Re: Small black bug
After lookin in Chinery, my guess would be Orthocephalus coriaceus, which is very similar to the more common O. saltator, but the tibia are black, instead of the reddish brown of O. saltator.
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11-08-2008, 10:02 AM
| | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Caldbeck, Cumbria
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| | | Re: Small black bug
Thanks Jezlee.
Which Chinery are you using ? It's not in my old 1973 Collins Field Guide.
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11-08-2008, 10:44 AM
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| | | Re: Small black bug
Hi Peter,
Am sure this is O. coriaceus, the reddish-brown hind tibia can be hard to see on O. saltator, but your photo is definitely good enough to rule this out.
This is the least common of the two Orthocephalus and is local in grassland habitats across the UK. Where did you see this?
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11-08-2008, 12:58 PM
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| | | Re: Small black bug
Hi Tristan
I netted it in a field of long grass behind my house in Caldbeck on the northern edge of the Lake District.
Cheers
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