Trixagus dermestoides
A very small, brown beetle measuring just 2.75 mm. It is the commonest of the Throscidae beetles, which are closely related to the more familiar Click Beetles (Elateridae).
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Favours woodland and well wooded areas.
May to August.
The larvae develop in wood.
Widespread in the southern half of Britain, less well recorded further north.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 35 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
07 July 2019
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Throscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 01/05/1992 (Jon Daws)
- Last record:
- 07/07/2019 (Calow, Graham)
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