The Cairngorms Up-Close: Gallery
[CAIRNGORMS UP-CLOSE] [DEEPGREEN.EARTH]
Group: NET-WINGED BEETLES
Red net-winged beetle (Dictyoptera aurora)
Where and when encountered: Grantown-on-Spey on 21 May 2024
About: Red net-winged beetles are insects of conifer forest (including that with Scots pines) – larvae develop in decaying trunks and stumps – and in Great Britain they are almost exclusively confined to northern Scotland.
Date range for live (non-diapausing) adult records: 16 May to 21 June (37 days)
Years with at least one adult record: 2024, 2025 (2)
Pyropterus nigroruber
Where and when encountered: Abernethy Forest on 29 June 2022
About: This species of net-winged beetle is often found on or around fallen moss-covered wood. The Great British distribution of the species consists of two cores: one in the Cairngorms and the other comprising parts of South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire.
Date range for live (non-diapausing) adult records: 29 June to 29 July (31 days)
Years with at least one adult record: 2022, 2024, 2025 (3)
Selected galleries
[ALL-TIME HIGHLIGHTS] [ARCTIC ALPINE PLANTS] [BUMBLEBEES] [BUTTERFLIES] [COLOURFUL MOTHS] [DRAGONFLIES] [FORBS] [GALLS] [GRASSLAND ORCHIDS] [INSECTS OF EXPOSED RIVER SEDIMENT] [LONGHORN BEETLES] [PINE-ASSOCIATED FUNGI] [PLANT BUGS] [SAWFLIES (ADULTS)] [SHIELDBUGS] [SOCIAL WASPS] [TRUE FLIES: AWL-FLIES] [TRUE FLIES: CRANEFLIES] [TRUE FLIES: DANCE FLIES] [TRUE FLIES: DUNG FLIES] [TRUE FLIES: FRUIT FLIES] [TRUE FLIES: HOVERFLIES] [TRUE FLIES: MARCH FLIES] [TRUE FLIES: ROBBERFLIES] [TRUE FLIES: SNIPEFLIES] [TRUE FLIES: TACHINID FLIES] [TRUE FLIES: THICK-HEADED FLIES] [UNCOMMON PINEWOOD HERBS] [WOODY PLANTS]