Common sun beetle
Amara aenea
The common sun beetle is a ground beetle that is common in almost all of Europe. It runs about on the ground hunting other insects. Farmers like it, because it eats bugs that harm their crops.
Lives in
Almost all of Europe, northern Asia and parts of North Africa
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot sting.
What does it eat?
The beetles hunt insects like aphids and apple maggots, and also eat young grass seeds. The larvae eat both plants and animals.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Common sun beetle about 1.2 km/h (0.75 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It eats apple maggots and soybean aphids, two pests that farmers do not want.
2
Scientists are studying it as a natural helper to protect crops.
3
As well as hunting, it eats the growing seeds of meadow grasses.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common sun beetle
?What does the common sun beetle eat?
Insects like aphids and apple maggots, and also grass seeds.
?Is the common sun beetle good for gardens?
Yes. It eats insects that harm crops, so farmers see it as a helper.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Amara aenea
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Carabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Carabidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Amara aenea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Sanja565658. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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