Cryptocephalus labiatus
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A tiny leaf beetle, considerably smaller than the more well known (but much rarer) Cryptocephalus coryli. We have just one historical record of C. labiatus, dating from 1914. These were found to be quite common on Birch scrub in one section of Budby South Forest at the end of June 2009.
     
 
     
 
 
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