Although this beetle is
described nationally as being Local, at Sherwood Forest it has only been
recorded three times, one of which was when we found this
example on a dead Willowherb stem in 2010. The previous occasion this
beetle was found in the Sherwood NNR, was back in 1978 and there is one historical record
predating both these records.
Most often found in the old carcasses of animals and old
bird nests (particularly Owls and Jackdaws) Trox
scaber is a distinctive species and one of those
beetles which is often accompanied by mites. The county's most recent
record, came from Stoke Bardolph in May 2025
(Brownley, N. and Brownley, S.). |
