When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May69
Jun23
Jul2
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 35 | |
| 2 | Worcestershire | England | 18 | |
| 3 | Cumbria | England | 8 | |
| 4 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 8 | |
| 5 | Nottinghamshire | England | 7 | |
| 6 | Moray | Scotland | 5 | |
| 7 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 3 | |
| 8 | Gwynedd | Wales | 3 | |
| 9 | Powys | Wales | 3 | |
| 10 | Fife | Scotland | 2 | |
| 11 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 2 | |
| 12 | Stirling | Scotland | 2 | |
| 13 | North Lanarkshire | Scotland | 2 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1 | |
| 15 | Conwy | Wales | 1 |
35 England63 Scotland7 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 105
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 19
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 98
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Cantharidae
- Genus
- Cantharis
- Name with authority
- Cantharis obscura Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q824810 · GBIF 5744022