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Bloody-nosed Beetle

Timarcha tenebricosa

2,765Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb50
Mar366
Apr631
May472
Jun275
Jul248
Aug421
Sep195
Oct59
Nov10
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England412
2Pembrokeshire Wales308
3Cornwall England212
4Swansea Wales131
5Cambridgeshire England123
6Dorset England121
7Cumbria England60
8Somerset England57
9Gwynedd Wales56
10Lincolnshire England49
11Torbay England44
12Oxfordshire England42
13Isle of Anglesey Wales39
14Worcestershire England38
15Ceredigion Wales38
2,031 England13 Scotland717 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,765
Peak month
April
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Timarcha tenebricosa
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,326
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Timarcha
Name with authority
Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1310666 · GBIF 4460356