Hylobius abietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
This large and distinctive Weevil is largely confined to the Sherwood Forest area of Nottinghamshire, where it has no doubt, benifitted from the large-scale commercial Pine plantations planted by the Forestry Commission. A common UK species, as it's name suggests, it is strongly associated with Pines.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Hylobius abietis
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register 2006. Allan and Annette Binding (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Adrian Fowles (Nottinghamshire data extracted from the National Recording Scheme for Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Paul and Helen Brock. John and Denise Bingham. Natural England - Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSI & Birklands West and Ollerton Corner SSSI, Nottinghamshire Saproxylic invertebrate survey, Natural England Field Unit, April-October 2018.

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Updated January 2022

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