Anaspis fasciata
A small (about 4 mm) elongate beetle with black and orangey red elytra.
Around Hawthorn and Blackthorn blossom and open Spring flowers.
Spring to Summer
Fairly common and widely distributed over much of England and Wales with fewer records from Scotland.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 61 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
 ) M69 Island Sapcote SP 4635 9382 (taken 11.5.2010).JPG)
Graham Calow
M69 Island, Sapcote
11 May 2010
Mark Skevington
Aylestone Meadows
27 April 2019
Mike Higgott
County Hall
02 June 2016
Mike Higgott
County Hall
02 June 2016
Mike Higgott
County Hall
20 April 2017 ) M69 Island Sapcote SP 4635 9382 (taken 11.5.2010),.JPG)
Graham Calow
M69 Island, Sapcote
11 May 2010
stepgray4
Cloud Wood
02 June 2022
 ) M69 Island Sapcote SP 4635 9382 (taken 11.5.2010).JPG)
 ) M69 Island Sapcote SP 4635 9382 (taken 11.5.2010),.JPG)
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Scraptiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 11/05/2010 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 30/04/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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