When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb5
Mar17
Apr78
May172
Jun169
Jul193
Aug254
Sep315
Oct95
Nov18
Dec4
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 143 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 73 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 53 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 52 | |
| 5 | Cumbria | England | 45 | |
| 6 | Powys | Wales | 38 | |
| 7 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 37 | |
| 8 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 37 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 28 | |
| 10 | Norfolk | England | 25 | |
| 11 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 24 | |
| 12 | Nottinghamshire | England | 23 | |
| 13 | Gwynedd | Wales | 23 | |
| 14 | Oxfordshire | England | 22 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 22 |
963 England223 Scotland145 Wales15 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
- 1,352
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 74
- Scientific name
- Geotrupes stercorarius
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,337
- Most recorded in
- Devon, Highland, Kent, Worcestershire
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Geotrupidae
- Genus
- Geotrupes
- Name with authority
- Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 25
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q21190 · GBIF 4994132