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Ant Beetle

Thanasimus formicarius

562Records since 2000
MayPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb7
Mar26
Apr75
May176
Jun138
Jul55
Aug11
Sep13
Oct7
Nov10
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland85
2Lincolnshire England44
3Norfolk England36
4Cambridgeshire England28
5Suffolk England25
6Essex England22
7Worcestershire England16
8Nottinghamshire England14
9Oxfordshire England11
10Surrey England10
11Aberdeenshire Scotland10
12Dorset England9
13North Yorkshire England8
14Herefordshire, County of England7
15Cumbria England6
444 England106 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
562
Peak month
May
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Thanasimus formicarius
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
541
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cleridae
Genus
Thanasimus
Name with authority
Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q221792 · GBIF 4448819