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 head and pronotum. Elytra slightly reddish and finely pitted. Abdomen also finely pitted. Legs dark. Generic ID tentative.