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Beet Carrion Beetle

Aclypea opaca

63Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr14
May10
Jun12
Jul8
Aug1
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland11
2Orkney Islands Scotland10
3Suffolk England6
4Highland Scotland5
5Cambridgeshire England4
6Cumbria England3
7Aberdeenshire Scotland3
8Lincolnshire England2
9Worcestershire England2
10East Lothian Scotland2
11Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
12Dorset England1
13Devon England1
14Gwynedd Wales1
15Fife Scotland1
21 England38 Scotland2 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
63
Peak month
April
Counties with records
19
Scientific name
Aclypea opaca
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
64
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Aclypea
Name with authority
Aclypea opaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1455190 · GBIF 4448454