Grynobius planus
Length about 4 mm. A small wood boring beetle with a dark tan, deeply studded elytra. The last three segments of the antennae are much longer than the others.
Well wooded areas.
End of April onwards.
Fairly frequent and widespread in the southern half of Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 13 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Graham Calow
M69 Island, Sapcote
25 April 2011
Graham Calow
M69 Island, Sapcote
25 April 2011
Graham Calow
M69 Island, Sapcote
25 April 2011
Graham Calow
M69 Island, Sapcote
25 April 2011
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Ptinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 25/04/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 25/04/2011 (Calow, Graham)
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