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Hairy Whirligig

Orectochilus villosus

2,611Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb12
Mar275
Apr601
May293
Jun46
Jul42
Aug71
Sep706
Oct433
Nov118
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales474
2Gwynedd Wales273
3Ceredigion Wales205
4Pembrokeshire Wales195
5Carmarthenshire Wales195
6Isle of Anglesey Wales125
7Monmouthshire Wales106
8Conwy Wales99
9Denbighshire Wales82
10Wrexham Wales62
11Worcestershire England57
12Swansea Wales40
13North Yorkshire England36
14Herefordshire, County of England32
15Nottinghamshire England24
332 England57 Scotland2,179 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,611
Peak month
September
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Orectochilus villosus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,603
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Gyrinidae
Genus
Orectochilus
Name with authority
Orectochilus villosus (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q249835 · GBIF 4469752