Donacia simplex
A medium sized (7 or 8 mm) metallic brown beetle. Elytral apices are truncate, c.f. slightly sinuate or wavy in D. vulgaris.
Donacia vulgaris
On the edges of pools and canals where it can be found on emergent and marginal vegetation. It is particularly associated with Bur-reed.
April to August.
Widespread and fairly frequent in most of Britain, although less frequently recorded in Scotland.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 46 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Grand Union Canal, Wistow Rd
30 July 2022
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
15 June 2015
on Burr-reed
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
15 June 2015
AJ Cann
Leicester Botanic Garden
20 April 2019
AJ Cann
Leicester Botanic Garden
20 April 2019
AJ Cann
Leicester Botanic Garden
20 April 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Chrysomelidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 16
- First record:
- 25/05/2015 (Ruddoch, Paul)
- Last record:
- 17/07/2024 (Pochin, Christine)
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David Nicholls
Grand Union Canal, Wistow Rd
30 July 2022
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
12 May 2022
AJ Cann
Leicester Botanic Garden
20 April 2019
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
07 May 2020
