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01-11-2009, 11:35 AM
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| | | Bug for ID please
Found this beauty in Tom's bedroom this morning... 
It's not in my Collins and I can't find it amongst the shield bugs on the British Bugs web site.
About two centimetres long with brick red eyes, ocelli and central lobe, and a chequered connexivum like a forest bug (which I knew straight away it wasn't) or a parent bug (which I initially thought it might be). The pronotum has two creamy triangles covered in black spots and a ridge at the back. The tibia on the hind legs don't match anything I can find.
There are flashes of yellow/orange when it flies which you can sort of see in this picture of it opening its wings... 
Any ideas?
Dave P.
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01-11-2009, 11:44 AM
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um it looks like a Western Conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis,nice find if it is , I haven't seen one yet so will await the experts.  |
01-11-2009, 11:46 AM
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looks like ceraleptus lividus. not 100% sure though
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01-11-2009, 11:50 AM
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yes please ingore my 1st answer ... |
01-11-2009, 11:57 AM
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Um Gez, Ceraleptus lividus is 9.5mm to 11mm,that would be massive for one of those |
01-11-2009, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by gez  yes please ingore my 1st answer ... | Sorry gez I missed this whilst I was typing in my reply |
01-11-2009, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Claxton um it looks like a Western Conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis,nice find if it is , I haven't seen one yet so will await the experts. | Agree with this. Saw my first on a Hastings shop window back in September. |
01-11-2009, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Claxton um it looks like a Western Conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis,nice find if it is , I haven't seen one yet so will await the experts. | That's our baby!  The British bugs website says it's a native of North America and was introduced to Europe in 1999. It also says "It is regarded as a pest and currently all sightings should be reported to DEFRA" but doesn't say how. I've been on the DEFRA website and they don't mention it - at least, a search for it brings up no results. I'll send them an email and see what they say.
A lot of bugs hibernate in leaf litter so I've put some in an old coffee jar and popped him in there for now.
Dave P.
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01-11-2009, 02:39 PM
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Hi Dave,
101% WCSB. Lucky you! I can't wait to see my first. Oh wait, they're supposed to be pests. Oops  . Ah well, still can't wait!
Nice shot too.
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01-11-2009, 02:48 PM
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There is no real urgency to report sightings to DEFRA any more as these are again flooding into the country this autumn and this spectacular species is surely here to stay. As well as migrants on the south coast, I have had numerous reports from inland gardens in the vicinty of large pines, suggestive of established breeding populations. | | | |
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