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.

Identification difficulty
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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