Months sighted in garden
Rove beetle
?Philonthus sp.
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Coleoptera
Black staphylinid beetle with smooth, glossy head and pronotum. Elytra slightly reddish-brown and finely pitted. Abdomen also finely pitted. Legs dark red and front tarsii unmodified (cf Quedius). Generic ID tentative.