| A widespread
longhorn beetle across southern counties of the UK, Pogonocherus
hispidulus is distinctly uncommon in Nottinghamshire, with no
traceable county records since the turn of the last century (from South
Leverton). Then in 2015, two records came out of the blue, with one
found and photographed by Nick Crouch at Cotham (lower photographs) and
another at Collingham (Barnes, C.).
There were no other records until one was found under bark at Buck
Gates, Sherwood Forest in 2021 (Pendleton,
T.A.) and Nottingham Trent
University's Brackenhurst Campus in December 2023
(Andrews, L.). |
