Helophorus brevipalpis (Bedel, 1881)
Helophorus beetles are found near water, often within mud at the margins of ponds etc and are a notoriously difficult group to identify from photographs. Many beetles which spend the majority of their lives in (or near) water, often turn up at MV light traps operated by moth trappers and it was to MV light, that we recorded several Helophorus brevipalpis at Market Warsop, on a warm June evening in 2015.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Helophorus brevipalpis
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Bob Merritt. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Tim Sexton.

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Updated January 2022

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