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A water beetle

Laccobius atratus

120Records since 2000
MayPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar13
Apr7
May26
Jun18
Jul19
Aug15
Sep14
Oct8
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England32
2Gwynedd Wales23
3Dorset England9
4Cumbria England7
5Surrey England6
6Worcestershire England4
7Conwy Wales4
8Somerset England3
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland3
10Bracknell Forest England2
11Cornwall England1
12Devon England1
13Powys Wales1
14Carmarthenshire Wales1
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
86 England3 Scotland30 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
120
Peak month
May
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Laccobius atratus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
124
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Laccobius
Name with authority
Laccobius atratus Rottenberg, 1874
Described
1874

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18469442 · GBIF 4404573