| A small but
distinctive Weevil, which is fairly common in Nottinghamshire and associated with Buttercup (Ranunculus
sp) in a range of habitats and wherever the host plant
grows. It is common across most of the UK. Leiosoma deflexum is
typically all black, but there is a colour form (Leiosoma deflexum
f.collare) of this species, in which the head and pronotum are red
and very distinctive. The specimen in the top two photographs, was actually found climbing the trunk of
an Ash Tree at Wellow Park in May 2013 and the lower photographs show
the form collare, which was found in leaf litter by Nick and
Samantha Brownley, at Duke's Wood in March 2026. |
