Rhagonycha testacea
Length around 4-6 mm. Has a light golden elytra and a well-defined darker mark on the yellow-orange pronotum. The legs are entirely yellow.
Preferring damper locations including wet woodland and marsh areas, but also found in gardens.
Peak from May to July
Common and widespread in England and Wales, fewer records from Scotland.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 23 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
16 June 2010
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
11 June 2010
David Nicholls
20 Acre Piece NR
28 May 2010
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Cantharidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 28/05/2010 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 16/06/2010 (Gould, David)
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