Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus

This one was beaten from an apple tree.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 12th May 2019

This one was found on a Dandelion flower.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 12th May 2021

This was on moss.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 22nd March 2019

This was swept from White Dead-nettle.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 24th April 2020

I found this indoors. It was the first time I attempted to identify a Bruchus and I hadn't got very much experience using keys at all. I struggled keying Bruchus in the early days and I identified it as Bruchus rufipes. I can't see how I came to that conclusion but it surely must be rufimanus (like all the Bruchus I found over the next 8 years).

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 17th November 2020

This one came to light in my garden.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 17th November 2020

I found this one in my bedroom.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 13th September 2019

This was on Cleavers.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, St Mary's churchyard, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 31st May 2021

This was came to light.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 2nd August 2021

These were swept from Cuckoo Flowers. The second and third photos show the same beetle; the first is different.

2x Bean Seed Beetles Bruchus rufimanus, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 7th May 2023

This one was swept from White Dead-nettle. I felt that the detail of the pronotum hair scales was potentially a better match for the much rarer Bruchus atomarius but the size was too big. Mike Hackston's key and NatureSpot mention a difference in the colour of the hairs on the underside with atomarius being more grey vs. yellowish-brown on rufimanus however although this seemed to fit atomarius in that respect so have several of the other beetles I've caught that I've identified as rufimanus and I can't believe they were all atomarius really (there was only one county record up to 2021 at least). Duff doesn't mention this character and I conclude that it's either unreliable or hard to interpret correctly. In the end I'm satisfied this is another rufimanus.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 16th May 2021

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 5th July 2019

This one came to light in my garden.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 25th July 2019

This was found indoors.

Bean Seed Beetle Bruchus rufimanus, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 21st November 2020