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Black-legged ham beetle

Necrobia violacea

62Records since 2000
MayPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr12
May17
Jun10
Jul6
Aug6
Sep6
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England11
2Cambridgeshire England5
3North Yorkshire England3
4Essex England2
5Worcestershire England2
6Gloucestershire England2
7West Berkshire England2
8Herefordshire, County of England2
9Conwy Wales2
10Norfolk England1
11Suffolk England1
12Kent England1
13Highland Scotland1
14Devon England1
15Somerset England1
49 England3 Scotland7 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
62
Peak month
May
Counties with records
22
Scientific name
Necrobia violacea
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
62
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cleridae
Genus
Necrobia
Name with authority
Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1631983 · GBIF 4448925