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Calosoma inquisitor

73Records since 2000
MayPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May57
Jun8
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England31
2Powys Wales16
3Gwynedd Wales6
4Monmouthshire Wales3
5Cumbria England2
6Suffolk England1
7Argyll and Bute Scotland1
8Perth and Kinross Scotland1
44 England2 Scotland27 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
73
Peak month
May
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Calosoma inquisitor
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
68
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Calosoma
Name with authority
Calosoma inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1303795 · GBIF 5872954