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Black-headed cymus

Cymus melanocephalus

1,106Records since 2000
JunePeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb2
Mar22
Apr61
May223
Jun244
Jul160
Aug180
Sep80
Oct11
Nov5
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England109
2Norfolk England93
3Warrington England80
4Kent England73
5Devon England52
6Cambridgeshire England44
7Dorset England28
8Nottinghamshire England28
9Suffolk England27
10Telford and Wrekin England24
11Surrey England23
12Doncaster England22
13Oxfordshire England19
14Cheshire East England18
15Essex England15
1,026 England20 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,106
Peak month
June
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Cymus melanocephalus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
984
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cymidae
Genus
Cymus
Name with authority
Cymus melanocephalus Fieber, 1861
Described
1861
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10464698 · GBIF 4486809