| One of two Stictopleurus
species, that have only fairly recently become
established in the UK. Originally, both species were most
frequent in the counties of Kent and Essex, but have
spread rapidly further north through central and southern
parts of the UK. Stictopleurus
punctatonervosus is the commoner of the two species and
identification between them is difficult and slight. The lower two
photographs show an adult with dark colouration, which was found on the
dead flowers of Yarrow, at Budby South Forest in mid-November 2010,
while the lighter individual in the top two photographs was found on a
small area of rough ground in a Market Warsop car park in
September 2012.
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