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A water beetle

Agabus uliginosus

173Records since 2000
MayPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb16
Mar31
Apr23
May34
Jun12
Jul7
Aug3
Sep3
Oct16
Nov12
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Riding of Yorkshire England26
2Norfolk England24
3Cambridgeshire England23
4Nottinghamshire England23
5York England18
6North Lincolnshire England15
7North Yorkshire England14
8Doncaster England8
9Lincolnshire England6
10Scottish Borders Scotland4
11Highland Scotland3
12Suffolk England1
13Devon England1
14Worcestershire England1
15Gloucestershire England1
165 England7 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
173
Peak month
May
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Agabus uliginosus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
173
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Agabus
Name with authority
Agabus uliginosus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1318926 · GBIF 4469883