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Common European Whirligig Beetle

Gyrinus substriatus

1,564Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb23
Mar80
Apr158
May197
Jun194
Jul226
Aug178
Sep181
Oct154
Nov79
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England140
2Nottinghamshire England97
3Lincolnshire England74
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland73
5North Lincolnshire England70
6Cambridgeshire England68
7Doncaster England65
8Highland Scotland56
9East Riding of Yorkshire England54
10Isle of Anglesey Wales54
11Norfolk England53
12Worcestershire England48
13Cumbria England45
14Gwynedd Wales28
15Sheffield England27
1,152 England200 Scotland145 Wales39 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,564
Peak month
July
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Gyrinus substriatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,619
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Gyrinidae
Genus
Gyrinus
Name with authority
Gyrinus substriatus Stephens, 1829
Described
1829
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2003556 · GBIF 5872038