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Dune tiger beetle

Cicindela maritima

267Records since 2000
JunePeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr20
May75
Jun89
Jul42
Aug29
Sep6
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales70
2Gwynedd Wales44
3Cambridgeshire England30
4Carmarthenshire Wales8
5Kent England6
6Somerset England4
7Norfolk England1
8Devon England1
9Isle of Anglesey Wales1
77 England190 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
267
Peak month
June
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Cicindela maritima
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
257
Most recorded in
Swansea
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Cicindela
Name with authority
Cicindela maritima Dejean, 1822
Described
1822

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1671913 · GBIF 7727698