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A water beetle

Hygrotus versicolor

309Records since 2000
MayPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar4
Apr16
May54
Jun30
Jul42
Aug49
Sep46
Oct46
Nov9
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Nottinghamshire England66
2East Riding of Yorkshire England39
3North Lincolnshire England37
4Doncaster England29
5North Yorkshire England19
6Cambridgeshire England10
7Rotherham England10
8Norfolk England9
9Lincolnshire England5
10Worcestershire England4
11Wakefield England4
12Leeds England3
13Herefordshire, County of England3
14Sheffield England3
15Dorset England2
288 England1 Scotland16 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
309
Peak month
May
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Hygrotus versicolor
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
306
Most recorded in
Nottinghamshire
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Hygrotus
Name with authority
Hygrotus versicolor (Schaller, 1783)
Described
1783

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1944200 · GBIF 4469959