BioBlitz Unusual, rare or interesting finds during the BioBlitz: Acorn Weevil beetle (Curculio venosus)


This beetle has a strikingly long snout, known as a ‘rostrum’. This is longer on females than males. The female uses her rostrum to bore into acorns and lay her eggs.


Four Spotted Footman


Moth (Lithosia quadra) Few records of this moth in Gloucestershire to date. Only the females have the spots which give the species its name; oſten there appear to be only three spots, as the wings overlap when at rest.


Nettle Leaved Bellfower Fern grass (Catapodium rigidum)


Fern grass is so called because of its likeness of the flower head to a fern leaf. The scientific genus ‘Catapodium’ is made up of two words meaning diminutive foot which refers to the flower spikelets which have very short stalks.


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(Campanula tracheleum) Is locally a common plant in woodlands, but at Westonbirt it is much rarer than the Spreading Bellflower! Both are ancient woodland indicator species.


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