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Mesophile Sunshiner

Amara lunicollis

985Records since 2000
JunePeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb28
Mar45
Apr87
May173
Jun183
Jul140
Aug54
Sep44
Oct15
Nov32
Dec22

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England100
2Norfolk England86
3Suffolk England53
4Essex England43
5Carmarthenshire Wales39
6Lincolnshire England32
7Kent England29
8Devon England24
9Surrey England22
10Worcestershire England19
11Sheffield England18
12Thurrock England17
13Highland Scotland14
14Cornwall England12
15Nottinghamshire England12
857 England41 Scotland73 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
985
Peak month
June
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Amara lunicollis
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
984
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Amara
Name with authority
Amara lunicollis Schiödte, 1837
Described
1837
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11705664 · GBIF 1035167