Empicoris vagabundus
At a glance, Empicoris vagabundus does not look at all bug-like. It is actually one of the Reduviidae otherwise known as Assassin Bugs. There are just seven UK species and E. vagabundus is perhaps the most common. This one turned up in the sweep net during some invertebrate surveying work at Budby South Forest in early September 2010.
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UK distribution of Empicoris vagabundus
 

The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares.

Updated September 2011

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