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Bacon beetle

Dermestes lardarius

190Records since 2000
MayPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar14
Apr41
May51
Jun34
Jul15
Aug10
Sep4
Oct3
Nov4
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England29
2Norfolk England12
3Worcestershire England6
4Cumbria England6
5Kingston upon Hull, City of England6
6Cambridgeshire England5
7Nottinghamshire England4
8Essex England3
9North Yorkshire England3
10Northamptonshire England3
11Suffolk England2
12Surrey England2
13Gloucestershire England2
14Fife Scotland2
15Trafford England2
183 England5 Scotland2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
190
Peak month
May
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Dermestes lardarius
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
173
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dermestidae
Genus
Dermestes
Name with authority
Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1084680 · GBIF 1095848