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Black-streaked dung beetle

Nimbus contaminatus

660Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb5
Mar3
Apr8
May3
Jun6
Jul4
Aug24
Sep288
Oct223
Nov25
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England65
2Worcestershire England63
3Devon England35
4Cambridgeshire England32
5Lincolnshire England30
6North Yorkshire England25
7Cumbria England20
8Highland Scotland15
9Norfolk England12
10Essex England11
11Suffolk England10
12Powys Wales9
13East Riding of Yorkshire England8
14City of Edinburgh Scotland8
15Nottinghamshire England7
543 England69 Scotland42 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
660
Peak month
September
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Nimbus contaminatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
626
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Nimbus
Name with authority
Nimbus contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)
Described
1783
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14897996 · GBIF 1068722