This is a very rare weevil in Nottinghamshire with just three modern
records, two coming within days of each other, and both beaten off the male
flowers of mature Scot's Pines in April 2024. Cimberis
attelaboides is usually found for only a few weeks of the year,
when male Scot's Pine's are in flower and has a thinly scattered UK
distribution.
Sometime's known as the Pine Flower Weevil, C. attelaboides is
a small, light brown species, which is immediately distinctive when
seen. The two most recent records were from Budby South Forest
(Pendleton, T.A.), Clumber Park
(Brownley, N. and Brownley, S.) in 2024, Rainworth Heath in April 2025
(Brownley, N. and Brownley, S.) and another more recent record
coming from Clumber Park again in April 2026
(Brownley, N. and Brownley, S.). Nottinghamshire only previous record, dated from 1904, and is
listed in J.W. Carr's book 'The invertebrate fauna of Nottinghamshire'.
On the NBN Atlas, the record is classed as 'unconfirmed, but plausible'. |
