Flooding is threatening a unique insect known as the ‘Jewel of York’. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on efforts to save the tansy beetle. YORK’S Landing Lane could do with a new name. For a couple of ...

The Tansy beetle population isn’t evenly spread, ... This gave the population time to establish and breed before the adults die in July and the larvae go underground to pupate, ...

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Tansy Beetles along the River Ouse at Poppleton by Isaac Savage Once breeding season is finished, and the adults mate and lay eggs, the eggs will hatch into larvae, which feed on the tansy plant.

A critically endangered beetle has been spotted in Cambridgeshire for the first time in more than 40 years. The 9mm (0.35in) iridescent tansy beetle was found during a ditch survey at the ...

Flooding is threatening a unique insect known as the ‘Jewel of York’. STEPHEN LEWIS reports on efforts to save the tansy beetle.

The 9mm (0.35in) iridescent tansy beetle was found during a ditch survey at the Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve, near Huntingdon. Dr Peter Kirby, who found the beetle, said its first ...