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The study was conducted on two shrub willow plantations in Tomaszkowo near Olsztyn. Carabid beetles were captured in 2005–2006, using modified Barber traps. The results show that willow plantations can be a special type of thicket assemblages, which favour the development of various ecological groups belonging to Carabidae. The collected beetles comprised a large share of the ground beetles classified as large- and medium-size zoophages and hemizoophages with autumn type of development, which prefer moderately humid open spaces.