Ophonus puncticeps
A 6.5 to 9 mm long, brownish black, seed eating ground beetle.
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Open, ruderal habitats. Although this is a ground beetle they can often be found in the curled up flower/seed heads of Wild Carrot, in which they often rest by day.
May to October.
A seed eating ground beetle.
Most British records appear to come from south of a line between the Humber and the Severn estuary.
Infrequently recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
10 August 2020
Photo Graham Finch
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
10 August 2020
3rd VC55 Record
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Carabidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 27/04/1997 (Derek Lott)
- Last record:
- 10/08/2020 (Skevington, Mark)
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