Brachypterus glaber
A very small, blackish beetle (about 2 mm).
Brachypterus urticae is equally common and very similar but has pale legs.
Found on Common Nettle, especially when flowering. It may also turn up occasionally on umbel flowers.
May to August.
Widespread and frequent in England and Wales.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 39 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
15 May 2014
dark legs and antennae
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
15 May 2014
dark legs and antennae
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
10 June 2015
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Kateretidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 15/05/2014 (Cooper, Barbara)
- Last record:
- 30/05/2022 (Comont, Richard)
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Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
15 May 2014
underside
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
15 May 2014
feeding on nettle
