Brachinus sclopeta

UKBAP Species: 

Yes

Size: 

4.5-7.5mm

Basic colour: 

Red and blue

Pattern colour: 

Head and pronotum pale reddish brown, elytra metallic blue, with basal third or more of intervals 1-2 (including scutellum) reddish brown.

Leg colour: 

Pale yellow-brown.

Bembidion virens

RDB Category: 

Endangered

Size: 

4.4-5.2mm

Basic colour: 

Black with a metallic bronze reflection.

Pattern colour: 

Greenish highlights on frons and pronotal hind angles.

Leg colour: 

Appendages black, shining metallic.

Bembidion virens

Authority: 

Gyllenhal, 1827
Size: 4.4-5.2mm
Basic colour: Black with a metallic bronze reflection.
Pattern colour: Greenish highlights on frons and pronotal hind angles.
Pronotoum: Very shiny.
Leg colour: Appendages black, shining metallic.
Confusion species: Bembidion virens

Bembidion testaceum

UKBAP Species: 

Yes

Size: 

4.5-5.5mm

Basic colour: 

Shiny black with a strong metallic green reflection.

Pattern colour: 

Elytra almost uniformly reddish brown with just a suggestion of a paler sub-apical mark, and a darker area around the scutellum and along the suture.

Leg colour: 

Brown.

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