Anotylus rugosus
A small black rove beetle with studded holes on both the short elytra and thorax area.
Able to adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions and might be found in all kinds of decaying matter, waterside mud and leaf litter.
All year round but most records seem to indicate the best time to find this species is March and April.
Fairly frequent and widespread in Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 376 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
24 March 2011
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
24 March 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote
07 April 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 July 2013
specimen examined
teneral (will become black)
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Staphylinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 20
- First record:
- 30/09/1987 (Derek Lott)
- Last record:
- 13/08/2024 (Dale Green)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
07 April 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
10 April 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 March 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 July 2013
specimen examined - teneral (will become black)
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 July 2013
specimen examined - teneral (will become black)
