Agabus didymus
7.5 to 8.0 mm. Can be identified by its bronze colour and characteristic pale ‘N’ shaped elytral markings.
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Found in rivers, brooks, streams and canals.
Most records between March and October.
Widespread and frequent in the southern half of Britain, but less well recorded further north.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Grand Union Canal, Wistow Rd
30 July 2022
David Nicholls
Grand Union Canal, Wistow Rd
30 July 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Dytiscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 30/07/2022 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 30/07/2022 (Nicholls, David)
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