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Helochares obscurus

50Records since 2000
JunePeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun19
Jul12
Aug3
Sep6
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England31
2Surrey England4
3Cornwall England4
4Cambridgeshire England2
5Herefordshire, County of England2
6Oxfordshire England1
7Worcestershire England1
8Somerset England1
9Cumbria England1
49 England

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
50
Peak month
June
Counties with records
9
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
48
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Helochares
Name with authority
Helochares obscurus (O.F.Müller, 1776)
Described
1776

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1909402 · GBIF 4433852