
| Endomychus coccineus |
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| A strikingly coloured beetle, which is often mistaken for a ladybird. It is actually a member of the Endomychidae family, sometimes known as Handsome Fungus Beetles. Found throughout the UK, this species can occasionally be found around fungus growing on trees stumps at Sherwood Forest CP. The larvae are often found in numbers where they occur on birch stumps, the ones illustrated being found in March 2010. | ||
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| UK distribution of Endomychus
coccineus |