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Anoplotrupes stercorosus

2,888Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb7
Mar61
Apr237
May468
Jun409
Jul420
Aug482
Sep426
Oct251
Nov28
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland483
2Devon England287
3Argyll and Bute Scotland208
4Cumbria England136
5Gloucestershire England122
6Worcestershire England98
7Aberdeenshire Scotland88
8Powys Wales85
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland77
10Gwynedd Wales73
11Perth and Kinross Scotland68
12Cornwall England63
13Stirling Scotland54
14North Yorkshire England42
15Norfolk England36
1,394 England1,080 Scotland338 Wales62 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,888
Peak month
August
Counties with records
71
Also known as
Woodland Dor Beetle
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,894
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Geotrupidae
Genus
Anoplotrupes
Name with authority
Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Scriba, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 12038775