When it is recorded
Jan21
Feb26
Mar44
Apr59
May116
Jun156
Jul166
Aug265
Sep141
Oct59
Nov22
Dec17
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 228 | |
| 2 | Lincolnshire | England | 115 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 85 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 77 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 53 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 49 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 45 | |
| 8 | Worcestershire | England | 38 | |
| 9 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 30 | |
| 10 | Thurrock | England | 24 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 21 | |
| 12 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 21 | |
| 13 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 20 | |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire | England | 16 | |
| 15 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 16 |
895 England393 Scotland93 Wales29 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,410
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 74
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,408
- Most recorded in
- Na h-Eileanan Siar, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Calathus
- Name with authority
- Calathus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 27
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1767985 · GBIF 4988354