Species Account for Calathus ambiguus
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Calathus ambiguus (Paykull, 1790)
Coleoptera: Carabidae
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data
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Status: NS
Essex RDB: Listed
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Essex Post-1969 record/s; VC18 1970-on record/s; VC19 1970-on record/s.
Species text
Calathus ambiguus is a predatory black ground beetle, widely distributed through Great Britain, but very local. It is found under stones, and leaf rosettes on dry, usually sandy ground with sparse vegetation as well as amongst marram on sand dunes. It has been recorded from heathland, sand dunes, chalk pits, gravel pits and disused quarries. References
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