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Cherrystone beetle

Hyphydrus ovatus

2,072Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb2
Mar42
Apr247
May272
Jun273
Jul282
Aug250
Sep295
Oct238
Nov47
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England186
2Nottinghamshire England177
3Doncaster England116
4Cambridgeshire England106
5East Riding of Yorkshire England95
6Worcestershire England62
7North Lincolnshire England54
8North Yorkshire England41
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland31
10Lincolnshire England29
11Leeds England21
12Essex England20
13Rotherham England20
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland20
15Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland16
1,759 England65 Scotland174 Wales56 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,072
Peak month
September
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Hyphydrus ovatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,088
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Hyphydrus
Name with authority
Hyphydrus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q838644 · GBIF 4469919