Agriotes pallidulus
This 'click beetle' is about 3.5 to 5 mm in length. It has ribbed brown hairy elytra, often with a darker mid-line, plus a black head and thorax.
Often in grassland
All year round
Larvae live on the roots of grass
Fairly widespread in England and Wales with fewer records from Scotland.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 107 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
15 May 2010
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir
11 May 2023
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Elateridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 01/05/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 11/05/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
21 April 2017
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
24 May 2012
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
24 May 2012
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Thornton Reservoir
11 May 2023
