Lymexylon navale
Lymexylon navale is an extremely slender species and unlikely to be confused with any other beetle. Belonging to the Lymexylidae family, of which there are just three species in Europe and just two in the UK. During a survey of Sherwood Forest in July 2008, we found just one adult which was resting on the trunk of an Oak. Further research has revealed that this beetle is currently classed as vulnerable and RDB2. This is the first record of L. navale in both Nottinghamshire and Sherwood Forest and a follow up record of a male, found dead in a spiders web came in 2010.
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UK distribution of Lymexylon navale
 

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Updated September 2011

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