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Death watch beetle

Xestobium rufovillosum

193Records since 2000
MayPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb1
Mar6
Apr16
May50
Jun41
Jul16
Aug3
Sep5
Oct5
Nov7
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England24
2Cheshire East England18
3Norfolk England15
4Essex England14
5Worcestershire England12
6Lincolnshire England11
7Suffolk England6
8Cambridgeshire England5
9Monmouthshire Wales5
10Devon England3
11North Yorkshire England3
12Gloucestershire England3
13Nottinghamshire England3
14Derby England3
15Surrey England2
186 England7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
193
Peak month
May
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Xestobium rufovillosum
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
203
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Anobiidae
Genus
Xestobium
Name with authority
Xestobium rufovillosum (De Geer, 1774)
Described
1774

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1074662 · GBIF 1095669