Arocatus roeselii
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Arocatus roeselii is a species of lygaeid bug
Hemiptera
Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...

 about a centimetre long and is found in Europe.

The insect is similar to Arocatus roeselii, which is somewhat rare in central Europe. It was found in large numbers in London by the Museum of Natural History
Museum of Natural History
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 of London
London
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, England.

External links

  • http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=222880
  • http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Lygaeidae/Arocatus_roeselii.html
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