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Hieroglyphic Lady Beetle

Coccinella hieroglyphica

622Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar9
Apr42
May61
Jun50
Jul91
Aug181
Sep133
Oct27
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland88
2Surrey England61
3North Yorkshire England30
4Worcestershire England27
5Moray Scotland26
6Aberdeenshire Scotland18
7Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland18
8City of Edinburgh Scotland15
9Cumbria England11
10Mid Ulster Northern Ireland11
11Powys Wales10
12Stirling Scotland10
13Perth and Kinross Scotland9
14Aberdeen City Scotland8
15North Lanarkshire Scotland8
324 England234 Scotland22 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
622
Peak month
August
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Coccinella hieroglyphica
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
571
Most recorded in
Highland, Surrey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Coccinella
Name with authority
Coccinella hieroglyphica Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q473854 · GBIF 4990184