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A water beetle

Sphaeridium scarabaeoides

195Records since 2000
MayPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar1
Apr13
May32
Jun22
Jul30
Aug16
Sep21
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England52
2Cambridgeshire England33
3Isle of Anglesey Wales11
4Gwynedd Wales10
5Norfolk England7
6Essex England5
7Blackburn with Darwen England4
8Highland Scotland3
9Cumbria England3
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
11Pembrokeshire Wales2
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
13Aberdeenshire Scotland2
14Ceredigion Wales2
15Swansea Wales2
148 England10 Scotland32 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
195
Peak month
May
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
192
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Sphaeridium
Name with authority
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1443935 · GBIF 1034329