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In this genus the forewings are sprinkled with dark dots. The similar but rarer Euscelidius has larger ocelli, which are closer to the eye (nearer than their own diameter).
E. incisus is a very common grassland species but is also extremely variable in colour and markings, ranging from pale to blackish. Reliable separation of males from E. lineolatus is best achieved from the genitalia, although the form of the abdominal markings on the final segments can be distinctive in females.
A very common grassland species throughout most of Britain.
Adult: March to October, sometimes overwintering
Length 4-5 mm
south London (March 2007) ©Joe
|Adult female: north London (April 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
||Adult female: north London (April 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
|Adult male: north London (April 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
||Adult male: Sussex (December 2006) ©Noel Cornwall
|Adult male: Berks (August 2008) ©Jonathan Michaelson
||Adult: north London (September 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
|Adult: Dorset (August 2009) ©Mark Dunkling
||Nymph: Jersey (March 2010) ©Tim Ransom