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Broom Seed Beetle

Bruchidius villosus

248Records since 2000
JunePeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb4
Mar2
Apr18
May69
Jun71
Jul39
Aug20
Sep10
Oct8
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England14
2Surrey England11
3Lincolnshire England8
4Essex England7
5Norfolk England6
6Nottinghamshire England6
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
8East Lothian Scotland5
9Peterborough England5
10Suffolk England4
11Kent England4
12City of Edinburgh Scotland4
13Thurrock England4
14Mid Ulster Northern Ireland4
15Worcestershire England3
191 England17 Scotland11 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
248
Peak month
June
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Bruchidius villosus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
174
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Bruchidius
Name with authority
Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1792)
Described
1792

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3144644 · GBIF 1047567