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A water beetle

Contacyphon pubescens

112Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar4
Apr8
May24
Jun22
Jul3
Aug13
Sep20
Oct8
Nov0
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England19
2Norfolk England17
3Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
4Isle of Anglesey Wales11
5Suffolk England7
6Cheshire East England7
7Cambridgeshire England4
8York England3
9North Lincolnshire England3
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland3
12Highland Scotland2
13Devon England2
14Argyll and Bute Scotland2
15Wrexham Wales2
62 England18 Scotland14 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
112
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Contacyphon pubescens
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
120
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scirtidae
Genus
Contacyphon
Name with authority
Contacyphon pubescens (Fabricius, 1792)
Described
1792

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q130252174 · GBIF 9627705