True Bugs (Hemiptera) @ Peartree

ACANTHOSOMATIDAE | Elasmucha grisea - Parent Bug Named after the female's habit of brooding her eggs and nymphs, this species feeeds on Birch and Alder 

Seen on our 2024 June Insect Walk 

ANTHOCORIDAE | Flower bug (nymph) Adults and nymphs are predators of other small invertebrates. 

Seen on our July 2023 Insect Walk

APHROPHORIDAE | Philaenus spumarius - Common Froghopper Their nymphs feed on plants, producing the familiar 'cuckoo spit' froth for protection and camouflage. These froghoppers are rather variable in their colours and patterns

Seen on our July 2023 Insect Walk

CICADELLIDAE | Eupteryx species - Leafhopper One of many similar and very small species that feed on a range of plants

Photo: Geoff Frampton

CICADELLIDAE | Ribautiana ulmi - Elm Tree Leafhopper A Leafhopper that feeds on various types of Elm tree, and occasionally on other tree species

Seen on our 2025 November Late Autumn Nature Walk

COREIDAE | Coriomeris denticulatus - Denticulate Leatherbug 

Feeds on a wide range of plants, especially Clovers and Melilots

Seen on our 2024 August Bug Walk 

COREIDAE | Coreus marginatus - Dock Bug 

Nymphs feed on dock and other related plants

Seen on pur insect walks in 2023 and 2024 (photos: Geoff Frampton)

COREIDAE | Gonocerus acuteangulatus - Box Bug 

Historically this was a rare bug found only at Box Hill in Surrey where it feeds on Box trees, but it has consideraby expanded its range and can be found on a wider range of trees and shrubs  

Seen on our 2024 June Insect Walk 

COREIDAE | Styromastus rhombeus - Rhombic Leatherbug 

Adults and nymphs feed on campions and related plants 

Seen on our July 2023 insect walk

ISSIDAE | Issus species

These planthoppers are herbivorous on a range of woody plants including most deciduous trees

Seen on our 2024 June Insect Walk (photos: Geoff Frampton)

MIRIDAE | Deraeocoris ruber - Red Bug

A predator of other small insects 

Seen on our 2024 August Bug Walk

MIRIDAE | Leptopterna dolobrata - Comon Meadow Bug 

Feeds on a variety of grasses 

Seen on our 2023 and 2024 Insect Walks (photos: Geoff Frampton)

MIRIDAE | Liocoris tripustulatus - Common Nettle Bug 

Adults and nymphs feed on nettles

Photo: Geoff Frampton

MIRIDAE | Megacoleum infusum (nymph)  

A species which feeds on Oak

Seen from tree sampling on our 2025 August Nature Stroll

MIRIDAE | Notostira elongata - Grass Bug 

Feeds on gresses, especially Common Couch 

Seen from sweep netting on our 2024 August Bug Walk 

MIRIDAE | Oncotylus viridiflavus - Knapweed Plant Bug

Feeds on the flower heads of Knapweed plants

Seen from sweep netting on our 2025 July Insect Survey Walk

MIRIDAE | Phytocoris tiliae 

Feeds on small insects and mites on a wide range of deciduous trees. 

Seen from tree sampling on our 2023 July Insect Walk)

MIRIDAE | Stenotus binotatus 

Feeds mainly on the flowering heads of grasses 

Seen from sweep netting on our 2024 June Insect walk

NABIDAE | Himacerus mirmicoides - Ant Damsel Bug (nymph) 

Predatory bugs whose nymphs and adults feed on a range of soft-bodied insects including crop pests such as aphids. From a distance the early-instar nymphs look like Black Ants  

Seen on our July 2025 Insect Survey Walk

PENTATOMIDAE | Aelia acuminata - Bishop's-mitre Shield Bug Nymphs feed on the seeds of various grasses. 

Seen on our 2023 July Insect Walk

PENTATOMIDAE | Palomena prasina - Common Green Shield Bug (nymph) Feeds on a wide variety of plants

Seen on our 2023 July Insect Walk

PENTATOMIDAE | Pentatoma rufipes - Red-Legged Shield Bug (nymph) The adults are partly predatory, feeding on caterpillars and other insects as well as fruits

Seen from vegetation sampling on our 2024 June Insect Walk (photo: Geoff Frampton)

PENTATOMIDAE | Peribalus strictus - Vernal Shield Bug

Feeds on a wide range of plants and their fruits

Seen on our 2024 April Flower & Insect Walk (photo: Geoff Frampton) 

RHOPALIDAE | Liorhyssus hyalinus

Feeds on a wide range of flowers including those in the Daisy and Geranium families

Photo: Geoff Frampton (May 2026) 

RHOPALIDAE | Strictopleurus abutilon / punctatonervosus

Feeds on plant sap and seeds, primarily of plants in the Asteraceae family

Seen on our July 2025 Insect Survey Walk