Monday 31 May 2021

New Species - Red and Black Froghopper

I spotted this distinctive bug sitting on a bracken frond and luckily its colouration allowed me to identify it by flipping through the plates of my insect guide. It is the only British species in the Cercopidae family of bugs, one of ten species of Froghopper found in the UK. It is the Red and Black Froghopper (Cercopsis vulnerata).

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