| A rare Cryptocephalus beetle, with
just one record from the very north of Nottinghamshire at
Bawtry in 1983 (Skidmore, P.) This distinctly blue coloured
adult was sent to us as a larval pot for identification
after hatching and was collected at Fairburn Ings, south
Yorkshire (Brothers, P.) in 2013, where it was a first site
record. Cryptocephalus parvulus (Nb) has a
patchy UK distribution and is likely to occur on Birch at
other Nottinghamshire sites. There are no Sherwood Forest
records, but the Sherwood area may just be too dry. |
