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Cantharid beetle

Cantharis nigra

1,011Records since 2000
JunePeak month
64Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May33
Jun491
Jul400
Aug36
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England142
2Norfolk England50
3Somerset England41
4Dorset England33
5Isle of Anglesey Wales33
6Powys Wales32
7Ceredigion Wales30
8Swansea Wales27
9Lincolnshire England19
10Kent England18
11Gwynedd Wales18
12Cumbria England14
13Essex England13
14Devon England13
15Pembrokeshire Wales13
763 England20 Scotland197 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,011
Peak month
June
Counties with records
64
Scientific name
Cantharis nigra
Group
Beetles
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cantharidae
Genus
Cantharis
Name with authority
Cantharis nigra De Geer, 1774
Described
1774
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15736205 · GBIF 7773743