Amara bifrons
5.5-7.3mm. Dark brown with paler yellow-brown legs and antennae. The pronotum is evenly rounded with a minute tooth at the hind angles. It also has even punctures across the base and shallow foveae. Wings are present.
- 5.5-7.3mm
- Dark brown with pale appendages
- Scutellary pore absent
- Pronotum basally and evenly punctured, foveae shallow
- Small tooth on pronotal hind angle
- Striae without punctuation
Open sites with well-drained soil.
May - September
Common and widespread
Not commonly recorded.
David Nicholls
Lodge Farm, Hoby
04 July 2024
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Carabidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 04/07/2024 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 04/07/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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