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Copper diver

Ilybius chalconatus

227Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb7
Mar23
Apr19
May42
Jun36
Jul16
Aug10
Sep12
Oct22
Nov13
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England38
2Nottinghamshire England35
3East Riding of Yorkshire England23
4Lincolnshire England19
5Doncaster England17
6Cambridgeshire England13
7Worcestershire England9
8Norfolk England7
9Surrey England6
10Scottish Borders Scotland6
11York England6
12North Lincolnshire England6
13Swansea Wales3
14Aberdeenshire Scotland2
15Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
210 England9 Scotland4 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
227
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Ilybius chalconatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
228
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Ilybius
Name with authority
Ilybius chalconatus (Panzer, 1796)
Described
1796

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2152856 · GBIF 4469808