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A water beetle

Hydrochus angustatus

99Records since 2000
MayPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar6
Apr10
May15
Jun12
Jul15
Aug6
Sep15
Oct10
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England14
2Dorset England12
3Cambridgeshire England5
4Conwy Wales4
5Bracknell Forest England4
6Surrey England3
7Kent England2
8Devon England2
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Isle of Anglesey Wales2
11Denbighshire Wales2
87 England11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
99
Peak month
May
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Hydrochus angustatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
98
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrochidae
Genus
Hydrochus
Name with authority
Hydrochus angustatus Germar, 1823
Described
1823

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15737671 · GBIF 5745434