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A volunteer from London's Natural History Museum has discovered a new population of one of Britain's rarest insects in Surrey.
The scarlet malachite beetle was found during a study at Bookham Common.
The 8mm insect is only known to exist in about eight or 10 sites around England.
Museum scientist Dr John Tweddle said: "To find a new population is great news. I think it's a great example of the more you look, the more you find."
The metallic green and scarlet insect had been fairly common until the 1930s.
