Cymus claviculus

Cymus claviculus

Description

A small bug - length 2.5 to 3.5 mm, with a narrow shape. Cymus species have a distinctively punctured head, pronotum, scutellum and forewings. Cymus claviculus has a narrow band without punctures just next to the suture between the clavus and corium.   

Similar Species

other Cymus

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Your photographs should clearly show details of forewings and the impunctate band near the corio-claval suture.  This can be difficult to see or photograph in the field, and we recommend that a specimen is examined and photographed.

Habitat

Dry grasslands and heaths, associated with knotgrass and toad-rush.  

When to see it

Adult: All year

UK Status

common (ref.: British Heteroptera checklist 2021 on British Bugs website) 

VC55 Status

Occasionally recorded

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured squares = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

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Additional images

All NatureSpot records