Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 358: Box Bug No. 358 |

Box Bug
Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus) – species of family “Leaf-footed Bugs“

Gonocerus acuteangulatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the box bug in the UK as it once only occurred in Box Hill in Surrey where it fed on box trees. It is a medium-sized speckled reddish-brown insect, between 11 and 14 mm long as an adult, with a slightly expanded abdomen. It commonly occurs throughout the Mediterranean region and extends to Central Asia and parts of northwestern...

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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „A song in rustling leaves“ To help us understand his world, a eurasian running crab spider has composed a brief poem.

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A song in rustling leaves

„Box Bug“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily