| A few years
ago, this beetle ever occurring in Nottinghamshire, would
have been doubted by all authorites. Yet, Panagaeus
cruxmajor has now been found at several sites
alongside the River Trent. Most of the county's records
have come via the record books of Charlie Barnes - the Lincolnshire
Naturalists' Union recorder for beetles, but this RDB1
species was first found in Nottinghamshire at Langford Lowfields in 2014 (Wallace, J.). There are currently records from
West Burton, Church Laneham, Cottam, Laughterton Marsh
and Langford Lowfields (all
Barnes, C.). Our
thanks go to Phil Lee, for sending us his photographs,
allowing us to illustrate this attractve Carabid. |
