| Scolopostethus decoratus is a very
small, but well marked Lygaeid bug. Unfortunately there
are other species which add to difficulties in
identification. S. decoratus has mostly black
antennae and is less widespread than both Scolopostethus
thomsoni and S. affinis. Probably common on
most Nottinghamshire heathland sites, there is a 2006
record from Sherwood Heath (Godfrey, A.) but only historical
records from the rest of the Sherwood Forest NNR area,
until we found S. decoratus in numbers by
beating tall Heather on Budby South Forest in September
2015. |
