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Family Scarabaeidae

43 species

Common Cockchafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 8,262

Garden Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 3,758

Rose Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 3,010

Night-flying Dung Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 2,931

Welsh Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 2,336

Brown Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 1,703

Summer Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 1,690

Spring small dung beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,316

Melinopterus sphacelatus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 1,037

Agrilinus ater

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 839

Bee Beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 795

Dune Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 671

Common horned dung beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 665

Black-streaked dung beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: September
Records since 2000: 660

Digger small dung beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 627

Metallic horned dung beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 517

Dune sand scarab beetle

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 476

Volinus sticticus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 458

Acrossus depressus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 411

Bodilopsis rufus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: August
Records since 2000: 401

Onthophagus joannae

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 395

Aphodius fimetarius

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 328

Otophorus haemorrhoidalis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 280

Aphodius pedellus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: April
Records since 2000: 271

Calomosternus granarius

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 225

Aphodius foetidus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 215

Rhodaphodius foetens

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 204

Colobopterus erraticus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 203

Nimbus obliteratus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: October
Records since 2000: 180

Omaloplia ruricola

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 159

Esymus pusillus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 142

Acrossus luridus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 125

Onthophagus nuchicornis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 120

Planolinoides borealis

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 90

Protaetia cuprea

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 90

Oxythyrea funesta

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 84

A chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 76

Noble Chafer

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 70

Calamosternus granarius

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 67

Agoliinus lapponum

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 66

Limarus zenkeri

Group: Beetles
Peak month: July
Records since 2000: 63

Trichius gallicus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: June
Records since 2000: 53

Rhizotrogus aestivus

Group: Beetles
Peak month: May
Records since 2000: 52