Bembidion tetracolum
Length: 5-6 mm. The head and pronotum are dark metallic green, elytra are dark brown but with lighter patches on the 'shoulders' and more diffusely near the apex. Antennae are dark with 3 pale basal segments. The pronotum is strongly contracted to the sharp hind angles.
Found on almost any open, not too dry, soil - especially near water.
Widespread and common throughout Britain.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 556 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 March 2013
David Nicholls
Ratby
24 June 2012
David Nicholls
Ratby
24 June 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 March 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
15 February 2013
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
07 April 2013
specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Carabidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 14
- First record:
- 24/06/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 04/02/2025 (Isabel Raval)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 March 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 March 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
28 March 2013
Graham Calow
Sapcote
10 April 2013
Graham Calow
Near Nailstone
13 April 2015
Graham Calow
Sapcote
31 March 2014
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
15 April 2013
specimen examined
