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A Weevil found on various Thistles Cirsium sp, where it is
usually found close to the developing flower buds. There are currently
just two Nottinghamshire records of this attractive species, which
is superficially similar to (and probably found with) the more
widespread Rhinocyllus conicus. Nottinghamshire's first record
was recorded at Broadholme, on the Nottinghamshire border with
Lincolnshire in early April 2024 (Gray, M.),
but there have since been other records, including
Attenborough NR (Hibbert, T.) and
Eakring (Pendleton, T.A.) in May 2026
and from Stoke Bardolph in June 2026
(Brownley, N. and Brownley, S.) , so it must be
fairly well distributed in the county. Grateful thanks to Tom Hibbert,
for providing the lower photograph. |
