Orange Beetle for ID

[Paul mabbott]

Originally Posted by MattPrince

The wife and I took one of the guided botany walks up Ben Lawers back in summer, there were Nebria (the upland species I forget its name) all over the place, I sampled a few with a field microscope as we got up near the summit - but alas I misunderstood the diagnostic field characters for nivalis ~ if I'd understood where the diagnostic ridge was I could have checked a lot more with a hand lens. A missed opportunity, typically the weather started closing in and I had to yomp back down. Still reckon there is a good chance of them being up at the summit in small numbers. Better than at Braunton anyway !

It's more broadly reported than I recall - NBN Gateway: Nebria (Boreonebria) nivalis grid map - but I wonder how old these records are? As I recall (don't rely on my memory!) there was quite a downturn in records over 10C. I'd be interested to see the ages of the reports ....