Tuesday 3 May 2011

Dragonflies and a Red-and-Black Froghopper (?)

Four-spotted Chaser - MVCP Boardwalk

Hairy Dragonfly - MVCP Sensory Garden



Two photos of what appears from a brief Internet search to be a Red-and-Black Froghopper (?) which was near the railway line between the MVCP and Rookery. (On the MVCP side...) Anyone know if this is a common bug in the county...? Photographs by Martin Green.

5 comments:

Andy Grimsey said...

Re Froghopper, no idea if its common but I found one on Galley Hill Luton on 8th May

Vic said...

This is Cercopis vulnerata, it used to be a common plant hopper when I used to live in Beds. I found one in early May in Fineshades Woods, Northants. Vic Arnold

Andy Banthorpe said...

Hi both hopper should be Cercopis vulnerata. Id by Vic Arnold (former Beds Macro moth Recorder)

Alan Outen said...

This is certainly Cercopsis vulnerata. It is undoubtedly common in the County and I personally have records going back to 1970, though ironically I have been unable to trace any published records for it! I am currently collecting together records of all Homoptera (and other groups of Neglected Insects in Beds) with a view to publishing County Checklists. See my articles in the Muntjac and keep sending in all those records. Thanks. Alan.

mjgbirder said...

Thanks for all the comments... :-) M