| Lacebugs are
small insects with sculptured wings and pronutum,
producing the lace-like patterning from which they derive
their name. Like much of our invertebrate fauna, Lacebugs
are still under-recorded in Nottinghamshire, with very
few people recording them regularly. In the south of the
county, Attenborough Nature Reserve has recently produced
two Lacebugs, which look to be county firsts. Physatocheila
dumetorum was found by Tim Sexton in May 2016, who
kindly allowed us to use his superb photographs (upper
two). It is occurs rather patchily over the UK, being
found on Lichen-covered trees, especially Hawthorn and we
recently (August 2016) recorded it at Hills and Holes
SSSI at Market Warsop. |
