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A water beetle

Contacyphon ochraceus

357Records since 2000
JunePeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr5
May38
Jun139
Jul96
Aug25
Sep0
Oct14
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England60
2Lincolnshire England45
3Essex England12
4Somerset England12
5Powys Wales10
6Worcestershire England9
7Surrey England8
8Doncaster England7
9Norfolk England6
10Oxfordshire England6
11Cheshire East England6
12Warrington England5
13Calderdale England5
14Kent England4
15Dorset England4
279 England12 Scotland19 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
357
Peak month
June
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Contacyphon ochraceus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
310
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scirtidae
Genus
Contacyphon
Name with authority
Contacyphon ochraceus (Stephens, 1830)
Described
1830

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9609873