Calosoma sycophanta

Authority: 

(Linnaeus, 1758)
Size: 24-30mm
Basic colour: Metallic blue, golden-green.
Pattern colour: Head and pronotum bluish metallic, elytra bright golden-green with coppery reflection.
Pronotoum: With raised borders throughout.

Calosoma inquisitor

UKBAP Species: 

Yes

Size: 

16-22mm

Basic colour: 

Dark metallic bronze with green or purple reflections.

Pattern colour: 

Green or purple reflections especially strong beneath and at the edges of the elytra and pronotum.

Leg colour: 

Black.

Callistus lunatus

RDB Category: 

Endangered

Size: 

6-7mm

Basic colour: 

Golden orange with black markings.

Pattern colour: 

Head blue-black, pronotum orange, elytra pale yellow, each with black shoulder, a median spot and apical transverse band.

Leg colour: 

Pale with most femora, tibial apices and tarsi darkened.

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