Insect ID Please

LoveT · #1 (**permalink**) 23-10-2009, 08:36 PM

Hi all

I took this photo at Keyhaven in July - so this little fella was found down by the coast, hiding in the plants/gorse growing near the shore:

I've been puzzling over this one all summer - I've never seen anything like it, but I'm sure somebody out there has! I can't remember the exact size of it, but judging by the surrounding foliage it wasn't very big.

Not very helpful, I know - sorry

! Hopefully somebody can put me out of my misery....

Thanks for your help

Thea

Jason Green · #2 (**permalink**) 23-10-2009, 08:53 PM

Good evening Thea,

Hmmm... no immediate ideas! From what I can see, it's a brachypetrous (short-winged) adult (?) hemipteran - a Plant Bug maybe? I'll watch with interest. By the coast you say? Probably a less common Coastal, more specialist species then.

Take care,

Jason

Acutipuerilis · #3 (**permalink**) 23-10-2009, 09:07 PM

This is a really good find - Capsodes sulcatus. Occurs locally in small colonies around the Hampshire area and nearby counties, and classed as Notable B.

LoveT · #4 (**permalink**) 24-10-2009, 08:31 AM

Thanks guys for the ID - I'm really chuffed to have found something not quite so common for a change

As I've recently become a volunteer photographer with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust they might want to see this one too.

I'm pretty much a novice at these sort of things though - can you explain what 'Notable B' is please

?

Thanks again

Thea

Jason Claxton · #5 (**permalink**) 24-10-2009, 09:10 AM

Hi LoveT,great find and on my patch too,Im often birding in the Keyhaven/Pennington area

A Nationally Scarce Notable B category insect is thought to be found only in 31-100 10km squared areas of the national grid.A Notable A is in 16-30 of these,most of the categories are assigned like this going up to RDB(Red Data Book)species found in 15 or less of these squares.Jason

LoveT · #6 (**permalink**) 24-10-2009, 11:31 AM

Cheers Jason

I love going to Keyhaven as there is so much to see, but don't get chance to go there as often as I'd like

.

I've probably seen you there without knowing it

Thea

Jason Green · #7 (**permalink**) 24-10-2009, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Claxton

Hi LoveT,great find and on my patch too,Im often birding in the Keyhaven/Pennington area

A Nationally Scarce Notable B category insect is thought to be found only in 31-100 10km squared areas of the national grid.A Notable A is in 16-30 of these,most of the categories are assigned like this going up to RDB(Red Data Book)species found in 15 or less of these squares.Jason

A good description