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Common horned dung beetle

Onthophagus similis

665Records since 2000
MayPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar17
Apr79
May181
Jun88
Jul129
Aug58
Sep38
Oct13
Nov3
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England70
2Gwynedd Wales53
3Worcestershire England50
4Oxfordshire England42
5Cambridgeshire England38
6Swansea Wales32
7Isle of Anglesey Wales27
8Surrey England24
9Suffolk England22
10Norfolk England21
11Torbay England10
12Carmarthenshire Wales9
13Dorset England8
14Essex England6
15Powys Wales6
464 England197 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
665
Peak month
May
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Onthophagus similis
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
645
Most recorded in
Devon, Gwynedd, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Onthophagus
Name with authority
Onthophagus similis (Scriba, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14883298 · GBIF 1091191