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Ash Bark Beetle

Hylesinus varius

1,065Records since 2000
MayPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan26
Feb15
Mar32
Apr122
May201
Jun73
Jul80
Aug123
Sep97
Oct31
Nov26
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland155
2Devon England45
3Cambridgeshire England39
4Norfolk England36
5Lincolnshire England32
6Worcestershire England30
7Oxfordshire England27
8Cheshire East England25
9Kent England24
10Essex England24
11Doncaster England24
12North Yorkshire England21
13Somerset England21
14Monmouthshire Wales21
15Suffolk England20
749 England168 Scotland90 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,065
Peak month
May
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Hylesinus varius
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
272
Most recorded in
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Hylesinus
Name with authority
Hylesinus varius (J.C.Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 7825487