Liophloeus tessulatus

Reaching about 10 mm in length this is a buff or pale brown weevil with darker speckles on the elytra.

Unless identified by a recognised expert, good photos are required that show the key ID features. Also state the beetle's size in the comments box.

Anywhere from meadows to mountains, feeding on a wide range of common wild plants such as Creeping Thistle, Cow Parsley, Hogweed, Ivy and Colt's-foot.

Adults found mostly from spring to late summer.

Strangely, at low levels, the females are able to reproduce parthenogenically without male intervention but at higher altitudes where partners might appear to be fewer in number and more difficult to find, the weevils resort to 'normal' bi-sexual reproduction.

It is fairly common in England, though there are fewer records from Scotland.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland