Platambus maculatus
7.5-8.5mm Platambus maculatus is a predaceous diving beetle usually with characteristic markings, though darker specimens are less obvious. The pale elytral margins are consistent.
- 8mm
- pale elytral margins
Found in permanent streams, rivers, canals and sometimes in lakes, often amongst submerged parts of over-hanging vegetation.
April to November.
Widespread and quite frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were approximately 78 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Annie Smith
Black Brook
23 August 2017
Annie Smith
Black Brook
23 August 2017
Annie Smith
Black Brook
23 August 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Dytiscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 20/09/1998 (Derek Lott)
- Last record:
- 26/06/2018 (Nicholls, David)
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Annie Smith
Black Brook
23 August 2017
