Gastrodes grossipes

Gastrodes grossipes (DeGeer, 1773)
Commonly known as the Pine Cone Bug, Gastrodes grossipes is found on Scot's Pine. There is one similar species, although this is found on Norway Spruce. This adult was beaten of a single Scot's Pine on Budby South Forest in August 2009, but numerous adults and nymphs (lower left) were beaten from a small Pine near Oak Tree Heath, Mansfield recently.
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The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. K N A Alexander (Invertebrate assemblage condition at Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSI and Birklands West and Ollerton Corner SSSI survey reports 2009-10). Peter Kirby (Bentinck Tip & Void Invertebrate survey 2007). Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Sorby Natural History Society. Richard Davidson. Jim Flanagan.

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Updated January 2024


Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Gastrodes grossipes