TQ4793 09/04/2019 ©Raymond Small 

Has a shiny, well-rounded pronotum and legs that are either black or wine-red. Found under logs in spring and summer. Predatory, preys on ground-living caterpillars, slugs and other invertebrates. Adults mate in autumn and the larvae overwinter. 15-20mm long.

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