This is
another very recent addition to the Nottinghamshire Buprestidae
fauna, discovered new to VC56 when discovered at the Nottinghamshire
Wildlife Trust's Gamston Wood reserve in June 2024 by Samantha Batty.
Agrilus cyanescens had been expected to turn up in Nottinghamshire
for a number of years and had indeed been looked for, in view of it's
recent range expansion into a number of counties across central/southern
England.
The larvae are associated with Honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum,
but the adults will no doubt occur on a range of trees and shrubs close
by. The one photographed was actually found on Hazel Corylus
avellana. Grateful thanks must go to Samantha Batty, who very
kindly provided the Gamston Wood specimen for photographing and to
illustrate on this website. |
