Polydrusus cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Probably a fairly common weevil of a variety of foliage around Sherwood Forest NNR. We found both these adult Polydrusus cervinus on a small Birch in the early part of May 2009 and 2010. Polydrusus weevils are very similar to the Phyllobius group, but the main difference between the two is that the antennal insertions are on the side of the rostrum and not visible from above.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Polydrusus cervinus
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Allan and Annette Binding. M L Denton (2002 Sherwood Forest Coleoptera survey). Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register 2006. Allan and Annette Binding (Clumber Park invertebrate records). NBGRC. Adrian Fowles (Nottinghamshire data extracted from the National Recording Scheme for Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Clumber Park SSSI Saproxylic Invertebrate Survey - A report to Natural England by EMEC Ecology 2019. David Shaw.

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Updated January 2024

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