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Carpet beetle

Attagenus pellio

287Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb17
Mar37
Apr87
May83
Jun20
Jul7
Aug2
Sep7
Oct6
Nov2
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England52
2Norfolk England11
3Cambridgeshire England9
4Kent England9
5Herefordshire, County of England9
6Oxfordshire England7
7Surrey England7
8Essex England6
9Worcestershire England6
10Cheshire East England6
11Suffolk England5
12Nottinghamshire England4
13Powys Wales4
14York England4
15North Lincolnshire England4
269 England7 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
287
Peak month
April
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Attagenus pellio
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
264
Most recorded in
Lincolnshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dermestidae
Genus
Attagenus
Name with authority
Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1500760 · GBIF 1095953