So, here it is! The final observation post of the blog. It is one year tomorrow since my first post. So, I went out for a ‘final’ walk round the watermeadow this evening, in variable weather – part mizzle, part watery sunshine – and spotted this…
A meadow plant bug. It’s probably a nymph. The female is similar, but has more obvious wings, though still very short compared to the male. There are two similar species, and both have a transverse furrow between the eyes and the legs and antennae have long dark hairs. The nymphs are very difficult to tell apart. However, Leptopterna dolabrata is more common in damper habitats feeding on a variety of grasses than L. ferrugata.