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Hello Susan,

There is something lacking for Dysmachus....the bristles on the back of the mesonotum. In Dysmachus the whole back would be covered. Also Dysmachus picipes is an early species which emerges late april usually and flies till early juli. I think this one is Machimus species and there is a problem with the black legged ones in NW Europe (not just there actually). This could be M. cyanopus, caliginosus or setibarbus.