| One recorded in
the old garden of a now demolished house at Fountaindale
near Mansfield in July 2017, was thought for a number of years to be the first
county record of this distinctive Longhorn. But it was actually recorded a number of before, at
Idle Stop in July 2014 (Lee, P.) and is present just over the border in
Lincolnshire at Laughton Forest. Stictoleptura
rubra is common in East Anglia and has spread into
other parts of the UK, including south Wales, no doubt
benefitting from the widescale planting of commercial
Pine Forestry. |
