Soronia grisea
A small (3.5 to 5.5 mm) beetle, related to the common pollen beetle. It has a distinctive mottled patterning of brown and paler straw colour.
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Often found at sap runs on trees.
Peak time is May to July.
The larvae develop in sap runs on trees.
Fairly widespread in the southern half of Britain, but often rather local.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
25 July 2018
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Nitidulidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 06/07/2018 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 07/08/2020 (Timms, Sue)
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