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Black moss beetle

Hydraena nigrita

294Records since 2000
MayPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb19
Mar11
Apr32
May46
Jun21
Jul36
Aug29
Sep20
Oct31
Nov41
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England41
2Nottinghamshire England37
3Lincolnshire England10
4Sheffield England10
5Cambridgeshire England6
6Gwynedd Wales6
7Rotherham England6
8Worcestershire England4
9Carmarthenshire Wales4
10Derby England4
11Cornwall England3
12Kirklees England3
13Surrey England2
14Cumbria England2
15Herefordshire, County of England2
271 England4 Scotland18 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
294
Peak month
May
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Hydraena nigrita
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
294
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydraenidae
Genus
Hydraena
Name with authority
Hydraena nigrita Germar, 1823
Described
1823

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14930243 · GBIF 5748138