Ground Beetles of Ireland
Agonum piceum
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Agonum piceum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Description: A 5-7mm long ground beetle with yellowish-bronze reflecting elytra. Lives in scraw, fen and poor fen habitats. Widespread but local.
World Distribution: A Eurosiberian Boreo-temperate species (54) found across Europe except the south, and eastwards into west Siberia.
Irish Status: Widespread and locally common, mainly in fen sites.
Ecology: A typical fen species but recorded also from densely vegetated lakeshores and riverbanks.