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A water beetle

Hydrochus elongatus

67Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr11
May11
Jun19
Jul4
Aug7
Sep3
Oct3
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Doncaster England9
2East Riding of Yorkshire England8
3Cambridgeshire England7
4Norfolk England4
5Surrey England4
6Nottinghamshire England2
7North Lincolnshire England2
8Suffolk England1
9Kent England1
10Worcestershire England1
11Northamptonshire England1
12Peterborough England1
67 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
67
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Hydrochus elongatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
67
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrochidae
Genus
Hydrochus
Name with authority
Hydrochus elongatus (Schaller, 1783)
Described
1783

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21274587 · GBIF 5745443