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Four-spotted Nephus

Nephus quadrimaculatus

1,665Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan41
Feb53
Mar133
Apr186
May121
Jun72
Jul97
Aug207
Sep271
Oct97
Nov70
Dec47

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England764
2Telford and Wrekin England251
3Essex England190
4Surrey England51
5Kent England39
6Cambridgeshire England27
7Oxfordshire England25
8Norfolk England24
9Suffolk England19
10Thurrock England10
11Cheshire East England9
12Conwy Wales6
13Nottinghamshire England5
14Powys Wales5
15Northamptonshire England4
1,649 England14 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,665
Peak month
September
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Nephus quadrimaculatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,612
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Nephus
Name with authority
Nephus quadrimaculatus (Herbst, 1783)
Described
1783
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2607253 · GBIF 5877937