Grass Bug

Stenodema laevigata

Stenodema laevigatum, or sometimes Stenodema laevigata, is a species of bug from Miridae family. The species have a gray to brown elongated body, with the eyes located backwards in the head. They sometimes come in green colour, and are 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) in length, which makes it a rather big species of its kind. They are common in the United Kingdom, and throughout the rest of Europe. then east across the Palearctic through Asia Minor and the Caucasus to northern China. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 3 times across 2 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 49°N in April to 62°N in August, about 1,400 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.