The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

AMARA

Amara is a genus of beetles of the ground beetle family, Carabidae, with some 35 species living in Britain. They vary in shape, but the majority of species have an elongate or compactly oval body. They vary in size from 4 to 15 mm and may be black or brown in colour, often with a metallic sheen. Generally they live in dry localities, hiding under stones, moss and between grass roots living on a mixed diet of insect larvae and vegetable matter.
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