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Ovate harp ground beetle

Amara ovata

979Records since 2000
MayPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan10
Feb15
Mar45
Apr151
May291
Jun191
Jul59
Aug46
Sep54
Oct26
Nov8
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England80
2Lincolnshire England60
3Norfolk England56
4Devon England35
5Northamptonshire England29
6Suffolk England27
7Kent England25
8Highland Scotland21
9Essex England21
10Thurrock England21
11Worcestershire England16
12Somerset England16
13Bath and North East Somerset England13
14Dorset England11
15Gwynedd Wales10
843 England70 Scotland56 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
979
Peak month
May
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Amara ovata
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
978
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Amara
Name with authority
Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792)
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4466578 · GBIF 4472866