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Common harp ground beetle

Amara communis

1,144Records since 2000
MayPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan27
Feb25
Mar49
Apr151
May228
Jun172
Jul152
Aug54
Sep31
Oct19
Nov24
Dec19

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England97
2Norfolk England60
3Lincolnshire England46
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland42
5Kent England36
6North Yorkshire England36
7Carmarthenshire Wales36
8Oxfordshire England30
9Suffolk England26
10Nottinghamshire England24
11Worcestershire England21
12Pembrokeshire Wales21
13Somerset England20
14Devon England19
15Dorset England16
909 England95 Scotland121 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,144
Peak month
May
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Amara communis
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,145
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Amara
Name with authority
Amara communis (Panzer, 1796)
Described
1796
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1311067 · GBIF 4472849