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Black Clock

Pterostichus madidus

8,199Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb110
Mar351
Apr717
May939
Jun1,181
Jul1,412
Aug1,427
Sep725
Oct334
Nov133
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sheffield England395
2Fife Scotland321
3Lincolnshire England283
4Cambridgeshire England262
5Worcestershire England229
6Norfolk England225
7Surrey England198
8Kent England169
9Essex England163
10Devon England149
11Powys Wales141
12Oxfordshire England140
13Highland Scotland130
14Nottinghamshire England130
15North Yorkshire England129
6,683 England938 Scotland553 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,199
Peak month
August
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Pterostichus madidus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,542
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Pterostichus
Name with authority
Pterostichus madidus (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
46

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3410290 · GBIF 7641814