Metatropis rufescens (, 1859)
Stiltbugs are generally small, difficult to find bugs, living amongst low vegetation. Most species are probably best found by sweep-netting the host plant, which proved to be a successful technique to find Metatropis rufescens on Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) growing in shady conditions, at Clipstone Old Quarter in August 2017. Probably under-recorded species in Nottinghamshire, with the only record away from Sherwood Forest being from near Brackenhurst (Heeney, W.) in 2014.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Metatropis rufescens
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - K N A Alexander (Invertebrate assemblage condition at Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSI and Birklands West and Ollerton Corner SSSI survey reports 2009-10). Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Wil Heeney. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Updated January 2024
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