| A widespread
and common species, once mostly in the south of the UK, but has spread
rapidly north over the past few years and is now common over much of Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire's first record
seems to have been from Netherfield in 2012, with more
recent records coming from Attenborough NR, Colwick Park
and close to Nottingham City Hospital. Most recently, it
has been found well away from the City, at Sherwood
Forest CP in May 2017 and Hundred Acre Wood north of
Worksop in June 2018. The nymphs and adults feed on Docks
(Rumex sp) but they will occasionally wander on
to other low vegetation. |
