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A water beetle

Poophagus sisymbrii

105Records since 2000
MayPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr8
May32
Jun27
Jul7
Aug18
Sep2
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England17
2North Yorkshire England9
3Cambridgeshire England7
4East Riding of Yorkshire England7
5North Lincolnshire England7
6Doncaster England5
7Surrey England4
8Worcestershire England3
9Nottinghamshire England3
10East Lothian Scotland3
11Norfolk England2
12North Ayrshire Scotland2
13Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland2
14Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland2
86 England8 Scotland5 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
105
Peak month
May
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Poophagus sisymbrii
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
102
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Poophagus
Name with authority
Poophagus sisymbrii (J.C.Fabricius, 1777)
Described
1777

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15736208 · GBIF 1231871