Amara aenea

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image_caption = "Amara aenea"
name = "Amara aenea"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Carabidae
genus = "Amara"
species = "A. aenea"
binomial = "Amara aenea"
binomial_authority = DeGeer, 1774

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

"A. aenea" adults are predators that eat other insects, such as the apple maggot [cite journal | last =O’neal | first =M. E. | coauthors =K. S. Mason, and R. Isaacs | title =Seasonal Abundance of Ground Beetles in Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) Fields and Response to a Reduced-Risk Insecticide Program | journal =Environmental Entomology | volume =34 | issue =2 | pages =378–384 | date =2005 | url =http://www.isaacslab.ent.msu.edu/images/2005%20ONeal%20et%20al.%20RAMP%20blueberry%20carabids.pdf | accessdate =2007-06-11] and soybean aphid [cite journal | last =Rutledge | first =Claire E. | coauthors =Robert J. O’neil, Tyler B. Fox, And Douglas A. Landis | title =Soybean Aphid Predators and Their Use in Integrated Pest Management | journal =Annals Of The Entomological Society Of America | volume =97 | issue =2 | pages =240–248 | date =2004 | url =http://www.entm.purdue.edu/bclab/downloads/publications/sba_predation.pdf | accessdate =2007-06-11 | doi =10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097 [0240:SAPATU] 2.0.CO;2 | doilabel =10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0240:SAPATU]2.0.CO;2] , that are considered pests by the agriculture industry. As such, this beetle is under study for use in Integrated Pest Management. Larvae are omnivorous. [Hurka,K, Jarošik,V. Larval omnivory in Amara aenea (Coleoptera: Carabidae).Eur. J. Entomol. 100(3): 329–335, 2003 ]

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