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18-spot Ladybird

Myrrha octodecimguttata

1,053Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb29
Mar86
Apr104
May127
Jun126
Jul167
Aug133
Sep103
Oct67
Nov29
Dec29

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland110
2Cambridgeshire England73
3Worcestershire England69
4Norfolk England45
5Surrey England36
6Essex England34
7Suffolk England29
8North Yorkshire England25
9Sefton England22
10Lincolnshire England19
11Nottinghamshire England15
12North Tyneside England12
13Telford and Wrekin England12
14Nottingham England12
15Gloucestershire England10
854 England141 Scotland31 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,053
Peak month
July
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Myrrha octodecimguttata
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
992
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Myrrha
Name with authority
Myrrha octodecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q341135 · GBIF 4452240