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Anthracus consputus


My first example of this species was caught in my garden moth trap, one of 8 different beetle species that all turned up for the first time that year on the same night.

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Anthracus consputus showing close-up of pronotum, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 26th June 2020


The next one was a year later, also in the moth trap.

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Anthracus consputus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 16th June 2021