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A Reed beetle

Donacia marginata

358Records since 2000
JunePeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr3
May90
Jun108
Jul70
Aug45
Sep24
Oct8
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England46
2Isle of Anglesey Wales32
3Kent England16
4Cambridgeshire England15
5Lincolnshire England10
6Worcestershire England10
7Somerset England9
8Suffolk England6
9Dorset England6
10Gwynedd Wales5
11Monmouthshire Wales5
12Surrey England4
13Essex England4
14Rutland England4
15Devon England3
292 England1 Scotland56 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
358
Peak month
June
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Donacia marginata
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
318
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Donacia
Name with authority
Donacia marginata Hoppe, 1795
Described
1795

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1313037 · GBIF 4461519