Screech Beetle - Hygrobia hermanni
Length 8.5 to 10 mm. This distinctively marked beetle is the only British member of the Hygrobiidae (=Paelobiidae).
Adults may be found around the margin of still water, usually where the bottom is soft silt or mud.
Mainly recorded between April and October.
Considered to be common across southern England and the midlands becoming much rarer further north.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 45 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Leicester, Saffron Heath
23 July 2022
David Nicholls
Battram SUD ponds
14 September 2022
Graham Calow
Near Higham-on-the-Hill
17 May 2017
JamesCalow
Near Higham-on-the-Hill
17 May 2017
David Nicholls
Leicester, Saffron Heath
23 July 2022
David Nicholls
Leicester, Saffron Heath
23 July 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Screech Beetle, Screech Beetle,Squeak Beetle, Screech or squeak beetles
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Hygrobiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 10
- First record:
- 01/04/1997 (Derek Lott)
- Last record:
- 02/05/2023 (Cann, Alan)
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