Ampedus quercicola (du Buysson, 1887)
Ampedus quercicola is one of several brightly coloured click beetles found in Nottinghamshire and is probably restricted to the Sherwood Forest area, where it is the most regularly recorded of all the red and black Ampedus species. Both A. quercicola and A. cardinalis are very difficult to tell apart.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Ampedus quercicola
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. M L Denton (2002 Sherwood Forest Coleoptera survey). K N A Alexander (Invertebrate assemblage condition at Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSI and Birklands West and Ollerton Corner SSSI survey reports 2009-10). Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register 2006. Paul and Helen Brock. John and Denise Bingham. Natural England - Birklands and Bilhaugh SSSI & Birklands West and Ollerton Corner SSSI, Nottinghamshire Saproxylic invertebrate survey, Natural England Field Unit, April-October 2018. Samantha Batty. Brian Wetton. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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Updated January 2024

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