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Green-footed Peacock Beetle

Elaphrus riparius

1,062Records since 2000
MayPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar8
Apr118
May308
Jun292
Jul152
Aug88
Sep24
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England65
2Kent England48
3Norfolk England42
4Lincolnshire England39
5Cumbria England37
6Worcestershire England29
7Suffolk England25
8Isle of Anglesey Wales24
9North Yorkshire England20
10Northamptonshire England20
11Devon England18
12Powys Wales18
13Essex England17
14Surrey England15
15Somerset England15
909 England41 Scotland63 Wales48 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,062
Peak month
May
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Elaphrus riparius
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,048
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Elaphrus
Name with authority
Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1432155 · GBIF 1035551