#3373 · 🪲 beetles

Common Sun Beetle

🇳🇱 Bronzen glimmer ·Amara aenea

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Pavel Šinkyřík · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Pavel Šinkyřík · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Koedijk, Nederland:© Mr. Fizzy · CC BY 4.0
6. Wageningen, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Boezemweg, Lexmond, South Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Lauwersoog, Netherlands:© Magne Flåten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. Wageningen, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 1761 Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Amara aenea is a ground beetle common in almost the whole Europe and Northern Asia. Its range covers also parts of Northern Africa. It is known as the common sun beetle .

base stats

NL sightings 41iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,637iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).