| This is a
rare beetle (RDB3), but which may be slowly increasing
its UK range. However, Corticeus unicolor is
still largely confined to the Sherwood Forest area of
Nottinghamshire, but there are recent records from
elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and from other counties. At
Sherwood, this beetle has proved to be common, where it
occurs underneath young Bracket Fungi growing on Birch
and is best searched for 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 and we
have since recorded it at nearby Lound Wood, Eakring and
there is also a recent record from the Trent Valley (A.Dutton). |
