There appears to be no previous records of this quite large Lygaeid bug
in Nottinghamshire, but its a species which has now cropped up twice at
the time of writing (April 2023) with records from pine needle litter
under mature Scot's Pines at Lambley Cemetery in February 2023 and then
in pine needle litter again, this time at Retford Cemetery in April
2023.
It seems that this is another species in the process of expanding its UK
range, after being historically restricted to the Chilterns, where it
was found on Juniper, and presumed extinct there for many years until
turning up in the London area around a decade ago. The London records
were originally thought due to accidental importation via the
horticultural trade and Eremocoris fenestratus has turned up at
a number of other sites since. |
