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Princely harp ground beetle

Amara aulica

1,369Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
84Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb2
Mar10
Apr22
May58
Jun153
Jul249
Aug396
Sep200
Oct30
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England120
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland102
3Kent England61
4Lincolnshire England58
5Norfolk England52
6Essex England47
7Thurrock England42
8Worcestershire England37
9North Yorkshire England31
10Surrey England29
11Suffolk England23
12Pembrokeshire Wales21
13Oxfordshire England18
14Powys Wales16
15Fife Scotland16
1,107 England186 Scotland64 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,369
Peak month
August
Counties with records
84
Scientific name
Amara aulica
Group
Beetles
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Amara
Name with authority
Amara aulica (Panzer, 1796)
Described
1796
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q782585 · GBIF 1035194