Ground Beetles of Ireland
Chlaenius vestitus
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Chlaenius vestitus (Paykull, 1790)
Description: A pubescent, 8.5-11mm, metallic green beetle with yellow markings on the elytra, found in marshes, reedbeds and on the edges of ponds and lakes. Seemingly very scarce in Ireland.
World Distribution: A Eurosiberian Southern-temperate species (84) found across western and southern Europe to Asia Minor and west Siberia. Very rare in southern Scandinavia (Lindroth, 1986).
Irish Status: Apparently extinct in northern counties, the latest record being for Portora, Enniskillen in 1938. Status elsewhere uncertain although Speight (1977) reports it from Lough Ree at Hodson's Bay, Roscommon.
Ecology: According to Lindroth (1986) it is found at the margins of small water bodies or on wet, clayish sea slopes.