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Cymus glandicolor
Family: Lygaeidae

The four bugs in this genus are distinctively shaped and have a highly punctured body and forewings. However, they can be difficult to separate.

C. glandicolor has a pale keel on the scutellum, and dark markings on the cubital wing vein. These markings are roughly parallel to the edge of the forewing, pointing towards the base of the corium. In the similar but much rarer C. aurescens, these markings are more oblique to the wing edge and point towards it. The tibiae are usually pale.

Found widely in England and Wales in damper habitats such as meadows, marshes and dune slacks, feeding on sedges. Recently recorded from Scotland.

Compare C. melanocephalus, C. claviculus

Adult: All year
Length 4-5 mm
 Cymus glandicolor
Adult: north London (July 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
Cymus glandicolor Cymus glandicolor
Adult: north London (July 2008) ©Tristan Bantock Adult: north Wales (June 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
Cymus glandicolor Cymus glandicolor nymph
Adult: mid Wales (September 2008) ©Joe Botting

 Nymph: mid Wales (September 2008) ©Joe Botting
Cymus glandicolor nymph
Adult: Surrey (August 2009) ©Tristan Bantock