Megatoma undata
4 to 6 mm. Black with distinctive white markings on the pronotum and elytra. Freshly emerged specimens are initially brown.
The typical habitat of the adults is around dead wood although they may also be found on flowers e.g. Crataegus or Malus in the spring and early summer when they may be pollen feeders.
April and May
In Britain this species is mainly found south of the Humber. Notable B.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 15 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Gould
Aylestone Meadows, Spearwort Fields
22 November 2020
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Meadows
01 May 2013
Larva found 01/05/2013
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Meadows
01 May 2013
Reared through, emerged 18/07/2013
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Meadows
01 May 2013
Teneral 18/07/2013
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Meadows
01 May 2013
Graham Calow
Broughton Astley Playing Field
22 April 2019
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
16 April 2014
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Dermestidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 01/05/2013 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 19/05/2023 (struminskyj, alexandra)
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David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
16 April 2014
David Nicholls
Ratby
05 May 2016
