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A water beetle

Cercyon quisquilius

55Records since 2000
JunePeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May5
Jun14
Jul13
Aug7
Sep10
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England30
2Worcestershire England6
3Essex England5
4North Yorkshire England3
5Dorset England1
6East Riding of Yorkshire England1
7Gwynedd Wales1
8East Lothian Scotland1
53 England1 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
55
Peak month
June
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Cercyon quisquilius
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
53
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Cercyon
Name with authority
Cercyon quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1760)
Described
1760

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14931234 · GBIF 1034424