Lymexylon navale
Lymexylon navale is an extremely slim beetle and is usually between 6 and 12 mm. The elytra are slightly shorter than the abdomen.
Associated with woodland or other well wooded areas where the larvae develop within a range of trees.
The larvae develop in hardwood.
An uncommon beetle in Britain it is which is currently designated as RDB2 (vulnerable).
Rare or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. The Cropston record of 3rd July 2017 is the first record of this species in VC55.
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
03/07/2017
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
03/07/2017
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
03/07/2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Lymexylidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 03/07/2017 (Nightingale, Kate)
- Last record:
- 03/07/2017 (Nightingale, Kate)
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