[ID] Bug on shaded bramble patch please!

Jason Green · #1 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 03:07 PM

Hi all,

Quickie ID thanks!

1/6/09, shaded garden corner at 13:30pm

c3-4mm plant bug...
...found on brambles

I found it in that well-known 'Shady garden corner'...

Any help appreciated!

Take care,

Jason

Geoff F · #2 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 04:59 PM

Not enough detail to run through my Bug ID Key book but, to me, it resembles one of the many Mirid Bugs (Miridae) but I can't put a name to it. The Pine Cone Bug or one of it's relatives (Gastrodes) might also be worth a check.

But hopefully a more experienced person will come to your aid soon.

Acutipuerilis · #3 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 05:04 PM

This is one of the flower bugs, Anthocoris sp. The species are very tricky to tell apart, but it looks like either nemoralis or confusus, rather than the extremely common A. nemorum.

Jason Green · #4 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 05:07 PM

Thanks Joe, unfortunately I don't have any shots showing the antennaes...

Acutipuerilis · #5 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 06:16 PM

I know, it's always the bit that's out of focus or hidden that is vital to the ID... I'm sure I've had bugs deliberately keeping their diagnostic bits hidden.

Jason Green · #6 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 06:33 PM

Well, I'll remember the antennaes for the next time! I forgot, I found it by the said brambles by a fallen 18-in branch from the tree that makes the area shaded. It's deciduous, but I don't know the type. I can upload a photo of the tree if that could seperate the two?

Thanks again!