Ectobius panzeri (Stephens,1835)

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Status: British Isles native species.

Description: Dark brown with speckled patterning on the pronotum in both sexes and on females also on the dorsal surface of the abdomen.

Size: 5 – 8 mm

Wings: Males have long tapering forewings and fly well. Females have short truncated forewings and vestigial hindwings and are flightless.

Food: Omnivorous.

Habitat: Native to UK, Central and Southern Europe. Mainly coastal occurring on sea cliffs, sand dunes and shingle beaches. Increase in inland records (dry heathland, chalk grassland and occasionally woodland) over the last 20 years.

Phenology: Eggs hatch in late April or May and the nymphs (distinctive white patterns on the thorax) pass through five instars. Adults are present from July until early October.

Distribution: The records held by the National Biodiversity Network are shown in the map below.

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Only the following datasets are included:

• Biological Records Centre - Grasshopper and Cricket (Orthoptera) and related species records from Britain and Ireland to 2007

Other datasets on the gateway may hold additional information.