Dock Bug

Coreus marginatus

Description

Body length 10 - 12mm. A large brown Squash-bug with dark wing membranes. Two very small projections between the antennae are diagnostic.

Habitat

Woodland edge and hedgerows, rough grassland. Anywhere where the food plant, Dock,  Rumex, grows.

Status and distribution

Common and widespread in the south-east, less common in the west and reaching no further north than Yorkshire. Common and widespread in Nottinghamshire and at Netherfield Lagoons.

Best time to see

May to November.

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - June 16th 2013

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - October 15th 2015

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - June 14th 2020

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - September 24th 2024

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - May 28th 2014

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - teneral - September 18th 2016

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - late instar nymph - August 22nd 2015

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - nymph August 16th 2015

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - early instar nymph - August 21st 2016

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - early instar nymph - July 14th 2019

  • Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus - early instar nymph - July 14th 2019