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Bombardier Beetle

Brachinus crepitans

490Records since 2000
MayPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar11
Apr65
May103
Jun66
Jul52
Aug52
Sep26
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England62
2Kent England57
3Thurrock England57
4Dorset England21
5Medway England14
6Northamptonshire England11
7Oxfordshire England8
8Suffolk England7
9Gloucestershire England5
10Bath and North East Somerset England4
11Somerset England3
12Isle of Wight England3
13Cambridgeshire England2
14Southend-on-Sea England2
15Herefordshire, County of England1
487 England2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
490
Peak month
May
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Brachinus crepitans
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
484
Most recorded in
Essex, Kent, Thurrock
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Brachinus
Name with authority
Brachinus crepitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4953300 · GBIF 4474861