Bugs
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Hawthron Shield Bug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Adelges laricis
Anthocoris nemoralis
Common Flower Bug - Anthocoris nemorum
Giant Froghopper - Aphrophora alni
Water Bug - Callicorixa praeusta
Calocoris (Calocoris) alpestris
Calocoris (Closterotomus) norwegicus
Calocoris (Grypocoris) stysi
Calocoris (Lophyromiris) sexguttatus
Black and Red Froghopper - Cercopis vulnerata
This frog hopper lives underground in its solidified froth. It lives on the roots of plants. Once rare in the north, now more common.
Green Leaf Hopper - Cicadella viridis
The male is blue whilst the female is more green. They like the damp wetland and marshy areas and can be seen from July through to Ocotber.
Juniper Aphid - Cinara (Cupressobium) juniperi
As the name suggests these aphids were found on the Junipers near the Cascading Ponds.
Cixius nervosus
Corixa punctata
Corizus hyoscyami
This was found on the heath during an activity for children run by Dr Key