Laccophilus minutus
Length about 4.5 mm. A small green/brown diving beetle, the elytra can be dark but may have varied paler markings.
Mainly found in ponds and pools but has occasionally been recorded from flowing water.
Has been recorded in most months of the year.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain, except in the far north.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
30 June 2018
Graham Calow
Nailstone Colliery site
21 May 2017
David Nicholls
Groby Pool
30 June 2018
David Nicholls
Leicester, Saffron Heath
23 July 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Dytiscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 12
- First record:
- 01/04/1997 (Derek Lott)
- Last record:
- 14/09/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
26 July 2021
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Battram SUD ponds
14 September 2022
David Nicholls
Battram SUD ponds
14 September 2022
