Small Ranunculus Hecatera dysodea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
B&F 2165 [Previous species: B&F2164 Broad-barred White Next species: B&F2166 The Campion Back to Index]
Hot on the heels of the second, this individual was the third for VC55, with two further record from Braunstone and another from Evington following. It seems highly likely that this species is quickly establishing itself in VC55 and further records in 2007 are to be expected.
This individual was taken just prior to an individual from Braunstone, taken on 28th June 2006 by Len Holton, being confirmed as the first for VC55. This species re-appeared in the UK, along the Thames Estuary, in 1997 after having been unrecorded since c1910. Since the 1997 records it has quickly re-established and has been spreading gradually north and west. It was still, however, and unexpected species for VC55.