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A Reed beetle

Donacia vulgaris

327Records since 2000
JunePeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May53
Jun149
Jul78
Aug19
Sep9
Oct1
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales16
2Cambridgeshire England15
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland11
4Essex England8
5Lincolnshire England8
6Worcestershire England8
7Rutland England8
8Norfolk England7
9Kent England7
10East Riding of Yorkshire England7
11Nottinghamshire England7
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
13North Yorkshire England6
14Dudley England6
15Suffolk England5
263 England18 Scotland29 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
327
Peak month
June
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Donacia vulgaris
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
313
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 vulgaris Zschach, 1788
Described
1788

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1634299 · GBIF 4461514