Box Bug Squashbug Gonocerus acuteangulatus

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Length 11-14 mm

Phenology Adult throughout Year

Description

This liike many quashbugs have variable colour depending on local environment

Key ID Features

Narrower abdomen and more pointed lateral extremities on the Pronotum are notably more pointed and help distinguish it from the similar C.marginatus (Dock Bug).

Life Cycle

Nymphsare distinctive posssessing a green abdomen .Its expansion and resurgance reflects its ability to asimilate other foodplants, such as Hawthorn, Buckthorn, Yew and Plum trees.

Habitat

In the past it was designated RDB 1 and limitted to the confines of Box Hill Surrey , but has now substantially improved iyts distribution and habita

 

IMAGE ABOVE WITH PERMISSION (C) COURTESY OF ASHLEY WOODD
 
IMAGE COURTESY OF DAVE MONK (C) 2007