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Bruchus loti


This was spotted on an Ox-eye Daisy and potted, but back then in 2022 I mistook it for a weevil. When I came across the specimen again in 2026, as I was working through my Curculionidae specimens, I immediately recognised it as Bruchinae, although a species that I was not familiar with. I keyed it using Duff. I found it difficult to see the smaller apicoventral tooth on the hind tibia or at least differentiate it from the other spines or denticles, but as there was clearly a single tooth that was longer than anything else it didn't really matter if I was seeing the smaller ones correctly or not.

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Bruchus loti showing pronotum, hind femur and hind tibial spines, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 3rd June 2022