Mire pill beetle  (Curimopsis nigrita)

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Description

Pill beetles have rounded, convex bodies (3). The mire pill beetle, or 'bog hog' is tiny, measuring just 2 mm in length, and is black in colour (1). It was first found in Great Britain as recently as 1977 (4).

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