Cercyon haemorrhoidalis
Size 2.5 to 3.1 mm. It is a very dark reddish brown, almost black looking in the field.
Occurring in herbivore dung in just about any situation, but they may also be found in various types of decaying vegetable matter.
Become active from early spring.
Widely distributed, occurring quite frequently throughout mainland Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 46 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Graham Calow
Croft Pasture
14 July 2014
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
10 April 2013
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Hydrophilidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 16/10/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 18/05/2017 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
16 October 2011
