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Hydrophilus piceus

279Records since 2000
MayPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb4
Mar9
Apr36
May45
Jun43
Jul38
Aug40
Sep38
Oct16
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England33
2Kent England23
3Somerset England13
4Suffolk England9
5Essex England3
6Cambridgeshire England1
7Ceredigion Wales1
8Medway England1
9Monmouthshire Wales1
243 England35 Wales

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
279
Peak month
May
Counties with records
9
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
251
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Hydrophilus
Name with authority
Hydrophilus piceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q50786139 · GBIF 5745349