JenniferScott published Rare Box Bug discovered at Attenborough Nature Reserve

A rare species of insect has been found on the grounds of Attenborough Nature Reserve, in what is thought to be its first citing as far north as Nottinghamshire. The Box Bug - or Gonocerus acuteangulatus - is normally found in Surrey, named after the Box Hill area where it traditionally calls home.But during the reserve's project to identify 1,000 species at the site, assistant manager Tim Sexton came across the incredibly rare creepy crawly. "For many years the Box Bug was confined to Box.