Acrotrichis rosskotheni
This is a very tiny, dark brown feather-wing beetle. This family contains the smallest of all beetles with a length of 0.5 mm and even the largest members of the family only measure 2 mm.
Can be found in leaf litter.
All year round.
Adults and larvae of this family are usually found in rotting organic material in a wide range of habitats.
Seems to be widespread in England and Wales.
Rare or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were only 2 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Steve Woodward
Grace Dieu Wood
20 July 2011
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Ptiliidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 20/07/2011 (Woodward, Steve)
- Last record:
- 20/07/2011 (Woodward, Steve)
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