Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Tansy bug Megalocoleus tanaceti at St.Monans

On a reasonably large patch of Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) at St.Monans, the specialist Tansy bug Megalocoleus tanaceti. You can see the relationship between bug and plant in their scientific binomials. Sadly I didn't have a net to sweep for Tansy specialist micromoths.

The plant:


The bug: