Amara bifrons
Amara bifrons
Description
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.
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)
- 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
Habitat
Open sites with well-drained soil.
When to see it
May - September
UK Status
Common and widespread
VC55 Status
Not commonly recorded.
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