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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Pterostichitae » Seed-Eating Ground Beetles (Zabrini) » Seed-Eating Ground Beetles (Amara) » subgenus Amara (Amara subgenus Amara) » Common Sun Beetle (Amara aenea)
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Amara - Amara aenea
Copyright © 2016 Aaron Hunt

Amara - Amara aenea
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
June 24, 2016
In my yard, afternoon
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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 24 June, 2016 - 4:21pm
Last updated 25 June, 2016 - 9:11am

Amara aenea based on my physical exam of this specimen deposited
Amara aenea based on my physical exam of this specimen deposited in the PWMC. Thanks Aaron.
… Peter W. Messer, 22 May, 2017 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Seed-Eating Ground Beetles. Thanks. You'll get this one in August. Not listed for Block Island by Sikes.(1) Another Amara sp. has been recorded here before but seems to look quite different.(2)
… Aaron Hunt, 25 June, 2016 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Amara aenea
is my image-based opinion. This common northeastern Amara species is readily seen running in the open during daytime. I vaguely recall that the common name "Sun Beetle" (or something like that) might have been used for this one.
… Peter W. Messer, 25 June, 2016 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

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