Anthocomus rufus
Length 4 to 5 mm. This is a small bright red beetle with elytra that are shorter than the body and with black on the head and thorax.
Has a preference for wetter areas around reedbeds and margins.
August to October.
Feeds on flowers and small insects.
Widespread in the southern half of Britain.
Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were only 7 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Brascote, silt lagoons
28 August 2023
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath
17 September 2011
David Gould
Narborough Bog NR
28 July 2011
David Nicholls
Nature Alive, Coalville
12 July 2012
David Gould
Narborough Bog
11 August 2017
David Gould
Narborough Bog
11 August 2017
David Gould
Narborough Bog
11 August 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Melyridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 28/07/2011 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 05/09/2023 (Edwards, Jo)
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David Nicholls
Brascote, silt lagoons
28 August 2023
Mark Skevington
Narborough Bog
19 August 2017
David Gould
Narborough Bog
11 August 2017
AJ Cann
Narborough Bog
14 August 2016
Steve Mathers
Grantham Canal (Redmile to Bottesford Wharf)
09 September 2016
sue
Albert Village lake
30 August 2021
