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Click beetle

Elater ferrugineus

74Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
4Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun1
Jul50
Aug18
Sep1
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England36
2Essex England7
3Suffolk England6
4Norfolk England3
74 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
74
Peak month
July
Counties with records
4
Scientific name
Elater ferrugineus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
75
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Elater
Name with authority
Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4666825 · GBIF 4429270