Demetrias atricapillus
A common ground beetle (Carabidae) but we did not find our first until one turned up within a small clump of grass on the bridge at the northern end of Eakring Flash in February 2011. This is a small species, but quite distinctive, spending much of it's time on plants.
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UK distribution of Demetrias atricapillus
 

The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares.

Updated September 2011

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