When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb14
Mar20
Apr471
May5,575
Jun1,783
Jul235
Aug29
Sep9
Oct9
Nov3
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 530 | |
| 2 | Oxfordshire | England | 366 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 299 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 263 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 209 | |
| 6 | Powys | Wales | 199 | |
| 7 | Gwynedd | Wales | 190 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 173 | |
| 9 | Gloucestershire | England | 168 | |
| 10 | Worcestershire | England | 163 | |
| 11 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 157 | |
| 12 | Lincolnshire | England | 153 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 151 | |
| 14 | Nottingham | England | 150 | |
| 15 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 144 |
7,002 England126 Scotland1,010 Wales110 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,262
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 93
- Scientific name
- Melolontha melolontha
- Also known as
- Cockchafer, Maybug
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 7,652
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Suffolk, Powys, Gwynedd, Devon, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, County of, Lincolnshire +17
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Melolontha
- Name with authority
- Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 20
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28175 · GBIF 4990995