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Hirta Beetle

Lagria hirta

4,861Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb3
Mar1
Apr4
May40
Jun1,066
Jul2,867
Aug497
Sep105
Oct82
Nov10
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England344
2Surrey England250
3Norfolk England226
4Worcestershire England174
5Cambridgeshire England135
6Suffolk England133
7Devon England124
8Sefton England119
9Cornwall England110
10Essex England100
11Kent England99
12North Yorkshire England96
13Nottinghamshire England95
14Swansea Wales77
15Isle of Anglesey Wales68
4,243 England22 Scotland447 Wales67 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,861
Peak month
July
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Lagria hirta
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,448
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Lagria
Name with authority
Lagria hirta (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 Q2483149 · GBIF 4454813