| This is an
extremely rare beetle, with the entire UK distribution of
Corticeus unicolor confined to Nottinghamshire
and in particular the Sherwood Forest area, where this
beetle has proved to be common to find underneath young
Bracket Fungus by torchlight at night. A very
surprising record away from Sherwood Forest, came in
early March 2010, when we found an adult under the bark
of a long dead Elm at Hare Hill Wood near Kersall. Corticeus
unicolor is an RDB3 species (Species with small
populations which are localised or thinly scattered, but
not at present qualifying for RDB1-2. Found in 15 or
fewer 10km squares since 1980). |