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Hairy rove beetle

Creophilus maxillosus

130Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar7
Apr28
May27
Jun11
Jul16
Aug26
Sep5
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland44
2Highland Scotland21
3Argyll and Bute Scotland14
4Worcestershire England4
5Isle of Anglesey Wales3
6Cambridgeshire England2
7North Yorkshire England2
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
9Fife Scotland2
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
11Norfolk England1
12Kent England1
13Surrey England1
14Essex England1
15South Ayrshire Scotland1
26 England93 Scotland3 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
130
Peak month
April
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Creophilus maxillosus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
115
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Creophilus
Name with authority
Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q844763 · GBIF 1039254