Cionus tuberculosus

Description

About 4 mm in length it is very dark, almost black with orange tarsi and orange-yellow scales at the side of the pronotum which are diagnostic..

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

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Habitat

Pond margins, stream sides, ditches and hedge banks on figwort.

When to see it

Summer.

UK Status

Locally common in southern England, scarce further north.

VC55 Status

Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland which are on the northern edge of its range.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Species group:
Beetles
Kingdom:
Animalia
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Records on NatureSpot:
19
First record:
12/07/2012 (Peacock, H A)
Last record:
02/08/2023 (Smith, Peter)

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