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Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus) (Hairy Shieldbug)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Dolycoris baccarum Imago 15 June 2007 West Cornwall England 5
Dolycoris baccarum In cop. 5 May 2007 Oxon England 5
Dolycoris baccarum Nymph 10 July 2004 Berks England 2
Dolycoris baccarum Imago 10 July 2004 Berks England 13 1
Dolycoris baccarum 31 May 2004 Berks England 9
Dolycoris baccarum 31 May 2004 Berks England 4
Dolycoris baccarum Imago 21 June 1998 Oxon England 2
Dolycoris baccarum Imago 16 August 1997 Glam Wales 1
Dolycoris baccarum Imago 7 September 1975 East Sussex England 6

Suggested Literature

Dolycoris baccarum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)
PENTATOMIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Dolycoris baccarum is associated with:

Photos nymph Ranunculus - buttercups and crowfoots (Ranunculaceae) nymph sucks sap of unripe fruit UK/Ireland Captivity Hawkins, R.D., 1985

Associated with Dolycoris baccarum:

is endoparasitoid host of larva Cylindromyia brassicaria - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Major Belshaw, R., 1993

Dolycoris baccarum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)
PENTATOMIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)
Dolycoris
(a genus of shieldbugs)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Hawkins, R.D., 1985 Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild

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