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A water beetle

Sphaeridium lunatum

175Records since 2000
JunePeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr5
May17
Jun39
Jul25
Aug11
Sep20
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England49
2Worcestershire England36
3Cumbria England6
4Dorset England5
5Nottinghamshire England4
6Gwynedd Wales4
7West Berkshire England4
8Surrey England3
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
10Isle of Anglesey Wales3
11Conwy Wales3
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland3
14Norfolk England2
15Highland Scotland2
145 England5 Scotland17 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
175
Peak month
June
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Sphaeridium lunatum
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
176
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Sphaeridium
Name with authority
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792
Described
1792

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14931190 · GBIF 1034332