Bradycellus harpalinus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Bradycellus
- Bradycellus harpalinus
Bracteon litorale
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Bracteon
- Bracteon litorale
Description
Size: 5.6-6.2mm
Basic colour: Shining bronze.
Pattern colour: Coppery, reddish or purplish-metallic microsculpture evident.
Pronotoum: Slightly transverse.
Leg colour: Dark metallic
Basic colour: Shining bronze.
Pattern colour: Coppery, reddish or purplish-metallic microsculpture evident.
Pronotoum: Slightly transverse.
Leg colour: Dark metallic
Biology
Status: Sometime abdundant. Very local in northern and western Britain.
Habitat: Bare sand and fine shingle near rivers or standing water.
Other notes: Third and fourth elytral striae stongly bent outwards in front of the anterior silver spot.
Habitat: Bare sand and fine shingle near rivers or standing water.
Other notes: Third and fourth elytral striae stongly bent outwards in front of the anterior silver spot.
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Bracteon argenteolum
UKBAP Species
Yes
Size
5.8-7.3mm
Basic colour
Shining dark bronze or coppery, strongly microsculptured.
Leg colour
Black.
Brachinus sclopeta
UKBAP Species
Yes
Size
4.5-7.5mm
Basic colour
Red and blue
Pattern colour
Head and pronotum pale reddish brown, elytra metallic blue, with basal third or more of intervals 1-2 (including scutellum) reddish brown.
Leg colour
Pale yellow-brown.
Brachinus crepitans
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Brachinus
- Brachinus
- Brachinus crepitans
Description
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Blethisa multipunctata
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Blethisa
- Blethisa multipunctata
Description
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Bracteon argenteolum
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Bracteon
- Bracteon argenteolum
Common name
Silt Silver-spot
Description
Size: 5.8-7.3mm
Basic colour: Shining dark bronze or coppery, strongly microsculptured.
Pronotoum: Strongly transverse.
Leg colour: Black.
Basic colour: Shining dark bronze or coppery, strongly microsculptured.
Pronotoum: Strongly transverse.
Leg colour: Black.
Biology
Status: Known from a single breeding site in Suffolk and a single record from Kent. Also known from Lough Neagh, northern Ireland but not recorded since 1923.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: On bare sand near fresh water.
Other notes: Head shining between the frontal furrows which are strongly bent round orbital seta. Elytra with all striae more or less straight except where third stria is bent out around the silver spots.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: On bare sand near fresh water.
Other notes: Head shining between the frontal furrows which are strongly bent round orbital seta. Elytra with all striae more or less straight except where third stria is bent out around the silver spots.
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Brachinus sclopeta
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Brachinus
- Brachynidius
- Brachinus sclopeta
Common name
Bombardier Beetle
Description
Size: 4.5-7.5mm
Basic colour: Red and blue
Pattern colour: Head and pronotum pale reddish brown, elytra metallic blue, with basal third or more of intervals 1-2 (including scutellum) reddish brown.
Pronotoum: Narrow and slightly elongate, sides sinuate.
Leg colour: Pale yellow-brown.
Confusion species: Brachinus crepitans
Basic colour: Red and blue
Pattern colour: Head and pronotum pale reddish brown, elytra metallic blue, with basal third or more of intervals 1-2 (including scutellum) reddish brown.
Pronotoum: Narrow and slightly elongate, sides sinuate.
Leg colour: Pale yellow-brown.
Confusion species: Brachinus crepitans
Biology
Status: Occasional specimens from Kent and Sussex until 1928. Several found in London since 2005.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Waste ground.
Other notes: Elytra broad and short, widest at or just behind middle, finely pubescent; apices without fringe of setae. Wings present.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Waste ground.
Other notes: Elytra broad and short, widest at or just behind middle, finely pubescent; apices without fringe of setae. Wings present.
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Bembidion virens
RDB Category
Endangered
Size
4.4-5.2mm
Basic colour
Black with a metallic bronze reflection.
Pattern colour
Greenish highlights on frons and pronotal hind angles.
Leg colour
Appendages black, shining metallic.
Blemus discus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Blemus
- Blemus discus