Hygrotus inaequalis
This is a small (3 mm) water beetle. The dark brown elytra are marked with paler yellowish buff.
In the water of well vegetated ponds and ditches.
Spring to autumn.
Widespread and common in Britain.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 138 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
David Nicholls
Sandhills Lodge pond, Charnwood
19 September 2022
David Nicholls
Ellis Meadows
31 August 2018
David Nicholls
Ellis Meadows
31 August 2018
David Nicholls
Ellis Meadows
31 August 2018
David Nicholls
Preston village pond
04 April 2019
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Dytiscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 18
- First record:
- 15/10/1994 (R. Merritt)
- Last record:
- 07/03/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Preston village pond
04 April 2019
David Nicholls
Preston village pond
04 April 2019
David Nicholls
Preston village pond
04 April 2019
Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 April 2012
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