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There are two records of this coastal Staphylinid in Nottinghamshire,
although there's no trace of one on the NBN Atlas which Derek Lott
quotes as (Wright, Nottingham 1990) in the Handbooks for the
Identification of British Insects Vol. 12 Part 5. But this one was a
most surprising arrival at the MV light trap run in the garden on a warm
and humid evening at the end of June 2020. For confirmation and due to
the rare nature of Bledius limicola in Nottinghamshire, the
specimen (a female) was sent to the county recorder who confirmed the original
identification. Has since been found on Thoresby Pit Top since, where
proven breeding has been confirmed. The horned male is showed in the
lower two photographs. |
