Coreus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Dock Bug)

Interactions where Coreus marginatus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult sucks sap of Persicaria maculosa Redshank Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria maculosa/Persicaria maculosaredshank
adult adult sucks sap of seed Persicaria maculosa Redshank Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria maculosa/Persicaria maculosaredshankseed
nymph nymph sucks sap of Persicaria maculosa Redshank Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria maculosa/Persicaria maculosaredshank
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed Persicaria maculosa Redshank Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Persicaria maculosa/Persicaria maculosaredshankseed
adult adult sucks sap of Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. knotgrass [agg.] Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]
adult adult sucks sap of seed Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. knotgrass [agg.] Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]seed
nymph nymph sucks sap of Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. knotgrass [agg.] Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l. knotgrass [agg.] Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l./Polygonum aviculare agg. s.l.knotgrass [agg.]seed
adult adult sucks sap of Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum rhubarb Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridumrhubarb
adult adult sucks sap of seed Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum rhubarb Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridumrhubarbseed
nymph nymph sucks sap of Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum rhubarb Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridumrhubarb
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum rhubarb Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridum/Rheum palmatum x rhaponticum = R. x hybridumrhubarbseed
adult adult sucks sap of Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrel
adult adult sucks sap of seed Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrelseed
nymph nymph sucks sap of Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrel
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrelseed
adult adult sucks sap of Rumex crispus Curled Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/Rumex crispuscurled dock
adult adult sucks sap of seed Rumex crispus Curled Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/Rumex crispuscurled dockseed
nymph nymph sucks sap of Rumex crispus Curled Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/Rumex crispuscurled dock
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed Rumex crispus Curled Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex crispus/Rumex crispuscurled dockseed
adult adult sucks sap of Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/Rumex hydrolapathumwater dock
adult adult sucks sap of seed Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/Rumex hydrolapathumwater dockseed
nymph nymph sucks sap of Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/Rumex hydrolapathumwater dock
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed Rumex hydrolapathum Water Dock Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Coreus marginatus/Coreus marginatusdock bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex hydrolapathum/Rumex hydrolapathumwater dockseed

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
FamilyCOREIDAE (squashbugs)
SuperfamilyCOREOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)

Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug):

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