TQ4792 05/06/2019 ©Raymond Small 

A large bug (8mm) with a preference for damper habitats where it feeds on grasses. There are two very similar species, both of which are sexually dimorphic. Males are always fully-winged while females are usually partly-winged. Leptopterna species often have reddish or orange-yellow forewings. They have a transverse furrow between the eyes and the legs and antennae are covered in long dark hairs. The second antennal segment of the female is thinner than the base of the front tibia. In males the colour darkens with age, from black and yellow to black and orange-red. The length of the 2nd antennal segment is much greater than the 3rd and 4th combined. Normally seen from June until September.

Invertebrates-----Shieldbugs-----Mirid Bugs-----Other Large Bugs-----4

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