Lagria hirta

This is the Tenebrionid beetle that I see most often, with it regularly turning up at light and also quite frequently found resting on leaves etc. during the daytime.

Lagria hirta, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 3rd August 2023

Lagria hirta, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 13th July 2020

I must admit I don't routinely take specimens to check critically for Lagria atripes (which I gather is only found in Hampshire and Kent). Duff uses characters of the pronotum texture and eye incision to separate them; Hackston (which I must have used here) uses the pronotum and the elytra hair pattern. I like to think that if I did come across a Lagria atripes I would pick up on its larger size, though I suppose it's plausible that I might overlook a small one.

Lagria hirta, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 26th October 2022

Lagria hirta, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 3rd July 2017

Lagria hirta, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 31st July 2024

Lagria hirta, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 2nd August 2021

Lagria hirta, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 16th July 2024

Lagria hirta, Rush Meadows NWT (Norfolk, UK), 24th July 2024

Lagria hirta, Carmel Head (Anglesey, UK), 9th July 2005

Lagria hirta, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 12th August 2018

Lagria hirta, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 5th July 2018

Lagria hirta, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 10th July 2024

Lagria hirta, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 30th June 2018

Lagria hirta, Bawdeswell (Norfolk, UK), 11th July 2010

Lagria hirta, Bawdeswell (Norfolk, UK), 2nd July 2014