Megalocoleus tanaceti
Megalocoleus tanaceti
A small bug associated with Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare). It is bright yellow or yellow-green in colour, and the dorsal surface is covered with coarse black hairs. The tibiae have strong black spines, longer than tibial width.
Megalocoleus molliculus is paler, and associated with Yarrow
Good field photos or from a specimen; ensure you have noted the plant from which you collected or photographed it.
Tansy - roasdides, waste ground, rough grassland, etc.
Locally common; widely scatterd. (ref British Bugs website and Heteroptera checklist (2021)
Rare - the 2026 record from Lockington is the first known record
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