Months sighted in garden
In wild flower border.
Rove beetle
Stenus sp.
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Coleoptera
Small (ca. 5 mm), black rove beetle with strongly pitted head, pronotum and elytra. Femurs orange proximally and black distally. Microscopic examination required to identify to species, but likely either S. clavicornis or S. providus based on leg colour patterning.
In wild flower border.