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Arenocoris fallenii Fallén's Leatherbug
Family: Coreidae

 Although variable in colour, this squashbug has two rows of pale spines on the pronotum which form a distinctive backwards pointing V-shape. The 3rd antennal segment is  parallel-sided. Similar to the much rarer A. waltlii.

Adults overwinter and nymphs can be found June-July feeding on Common Storksbill Erodium cicutarium. Probably double-brooded when conditions are favourable.

 Mainly local in coastal sand dunes between Norfolk and south Wales; also in the East Anglian brecks and increasingly inland in recent years, in gravel pits and sandy habitats.

 Adult: All year
Length 6-7 mm

see illustrated life stages chart		 Arenocoris falleni
Adult: Herts (May 2010) ©Tristan Bantock
Arenocoris falleni Arenocoris falleni
Adult: Suffolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Adult: Suffolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Arenocoris falleni Arenocoris falleni
Adult: Suffolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock Adult: Suffolk (May 2007) ©Stuart Read
Arenocoris falleni Arenocoris falleni
Adult: Herts (May 2010) ©Tristan Bantock
Late intar nymph: Essex (June 2010) ©Tristan Bantock