Eype Mouth
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Eype Mouth is a small village on the coast of west Dorset, England. The River Eype drains into the sea at this point, and this is from where the village gets its name. Eype is located on the Jurassic Coast, just west of West Bay and on the South West Coast Path. Meaning 'a steep place' in Old English, Eype is fed by a single narrow lane down to a shingle beach with car park.
The coast to the west of the rivermouth is a noted site for rare beetles.
Two species found here are unknown elsewhere in Britain:
- Sphaerius acaroides lives in mud and at plant roots at the edge of standing freshwater pools on the site; this species is particularly noteworthy in that it is the only British representative of the suborder Myxophaga.
- the weevil Sitona gemellatus occurs on the site, being found at the roots of leguminous plants (although this species has been recorded in similar habitat at Sidmouth, Devon, it has not been recorded from there recently.
Other rare beetles found at this site include the tiger beetle Cicindela germanica, the ground beetle Drypta dentata and the weevil Baris analis.
