Bembidion varium
Approx 4 to 5 mm. The elytra are a dark olive brown flecked with orange-red.
This species can be identified with care but there are similar species that it could be confused with. Please provide a photograph to support your record, and if possible please retain the specimen until identification has been confirmed.
On mud at water margins and in shingle.
Peak time seems to be April to August.
Widely recorded in England and Wales though not particularly common.
Occasional in Leicestershire & Rutland.
David Nicholls
Saddington Reservoir
05 February 2024
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- Beetles
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 23/08/2022 (Sexton, Timothy)
- Last record:
- 05/02/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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