Scirtes hemisphaericus
About 3mm in length, very rounded like a very small black ladybird. The legs are paler than the almost black body and the first segments of the antennae are pale.
Reed fringed pools and marshes.
Peak time is June to September.
Widespread in the southern half of Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 13 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
14 July 2016
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
14 July 2016
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Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
14 July 2016
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
14 July 2016
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
13 July 2016
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Scirtidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 09/07/2015 (Graham Finch)
- Last record:
- 14/07/2016 (Cooper, Barbara)
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