Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)
(Bloody-nosed Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTimarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
GenusTimarcha (bloody-nosed beetles)
SubfamilyCHRYSOMELINAE (a subfamily of leaf beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle) :
1: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
24 May 2016 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Mating pair, on Goosegrass
Image 1: Mating pairImage 2: Mating pair (2)Image 3: Mating pair (3)Image 4: Mating pair (4)
2: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
9 May 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Larva - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Larva - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 4: Larva - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Larva - extended - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Larva - extended - lateral view - enlargedImage 7: Larva - extended - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 8: Larva - extended - lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 9: Larva - extended - lateral view - enlarged (4)Image 10: Larva - lateral view - enlargedImage 11: Larva - lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 12: Larva - latero-ventral view - enlargedImage 13: Larva - ventral view - enlargedImage 14: Larva - ventral view - enlarged (2)Image 15: Larva - ventral view - enlarged (3)
3: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
19 Aug 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on bramble leaf
Image 1: Adult - antero-dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Adult - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - close-up (4)Image 6: Adult - dorsal view - close-up (5)Image 7: Adult - dorsal view - close-up (6)Image 8: Adult - dorsal view - close-up (7)Image 9: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-upImage 10: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up (2)Image 11: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 12: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 13: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 14: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up (4)Image 15: Adult - latero-dorsal view - close-up (5)Image 16: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 18: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 19: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 20: Adult - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 21: Adult - head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)
4: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
12 Jun 2007 OSGR: SW61 49° 60’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
on Goose grass
Image 1: Adult - antero-dorsal view
5: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
9 Sep 2003 OSGR: SW87 50° 30’ N, 5° 0’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
on Hedge Bedstraw
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view (3)Image 4: Adult - lateral viewImage 5: Adult - ventral view
6: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
23 Apr 2003 OSGR: SY97 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on bare ground
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - curled upImage 2: Larva - front three-quarter viewImage 3: Larva - lateral viewImage 4: Larva - lateral view (2)Image 5: Larva - lateral view (3)Image 6: Larva - oblique view
7: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
8 Apr 2001 OSGR: SP50 51° 40’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
mating pair
Image 1: Mating pairImage 2: Mating pair (2)Image 3: Mating pair (3)Image 4: Mating pair (4)
8: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
13 May 1978 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Mating pair
Image 1: Mating pair - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Mating pair - enlargedImage 3: Mating pair - enlarged (2)
9: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
29 May 1977 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Larva feeding on Crosswort
Image 1: Larva - lateral view - enlarged
10: Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
30 Jun 1971 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Adult - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 4: Adult - lateral view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L. 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland 336pp, Pisces Publications

Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 23 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle)
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