Agonum micans

6-7mm. As with most other Agonum species, this beetle has a pronotum that narrows towards the rounded base and lives in wetland habitats. The head and pronotum are black and whilst the elytra are also generally dark they have a bronze reflection and can be paler. The legs are brown and the antennae black, except for the first segment which is dark brown. See the ID checklist below for more details on the specific characters.

Other Agonum species.

• 6-7mm
• toothed mentum
• 3rd antennal segment pubescent in apical half
• black head & pronotum
• elytra dark brown with a bronze reflection
• legs brown
• antennae black but 1st segment dark brown
• pronotal border widens towards the base
• rounded elytral apical margin where it meets the shoulder

Wetland margins, seasonal flood zones.

All year (often over-winters under bark).

Reasonably common.

Reasonably common.