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Common Sun Beetle

Amara aenea

3,170Records since 2000
MayPeak month
97Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan30
Feb44
Mar147
Apr512
May804
Jun544
Jul248
Aug190
Sep125
Oct86
Nov44
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England182
2Suffolk England176
3Thurrock England149
4Norfolk England136
5Essex England102
6Kent England101
7Lincolnshire England91
8Devon England84
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland59
10Surrey England53
11Pembrokeshire Wales51
12Highland Scotland48
13Somerset England47
14Dorset England44
15Worcestershire England42
2,700 England195 Scotland232 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,170
Peak month
May
Counties with records
97
Scientific name
Amara aenea
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,132
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Amara
Name with authority
Amara aenea (DeGeer, 1774)
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1301445 · GBIF 1035185