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Cardinal Click Beetle

Ampedus cardinalis

57Records since 2000
MayPeak month
20Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May24
Jun16
Jul6
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England9
2Suffolk England4
3Essex England3
4Somerset England2
5Northamptonshire England2
6Ceredigion Wales2
7Cambridgeshire England1
8Norfolk England1
9Surrey England1
10Cornwall England1
11East Riding of Yorkshire England1
12Worcestershire England1
13Gloucestershire England1
14Cumbria England1
15Nottinghamshire England1
54 England3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
57
Peak month
May
Counties with records
20
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Ampedus cardinalis
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
61
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria), Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Ampedus
Name with authority
Ampedus cardinalis (Schiödte, 1865)
Described
1865

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4914506 · GBIF 4429444