| This beautifully coloured Rhopalid
Bug, was once more or less restricted to coastal areas of
the UK, but in recent years the number of inland records
has increased and it had been found several times in
Leicestershire by 2012. It seemed that it was only a
matter of time before Corizus hyoscyami reached
Nottinghamshire and it was originally thought that one
found at Southwell on 08/08/13 by David Yates, was the
first Nottinghamshire record. However, two were recorded
and photographed by Adrian Dutton at Shelford on
20/04/11. Adrian was unaware until August 2013, that his
record was a county first. The Southwell record was
hastily followed by another, when a member of the public
took a specimen to the visitor centre at Attenborough NR
for identification by Tim Sexton. We immediately
conducted searches of suitable sites and found two on
wasteground at Ollerton on 18/08/13. |
