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Larch Ladybird

Aphidecta obliterata

2,975Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb74
Mar175
Apr295
May243
Jun267
Jul412
Aug527
Sep292
Oct238
Nov129
Dec56

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England481
2City of Edinburgh Scotland293
3Highland Scotland245
4Aberdeenshire Scotland93
5Moray Scotland73
6Scottish Borders Scotland72
7North Yorkshire England66
8East Lothian Scotland66
9Argyll and Bute Scotland65
10Cambridgeshire England48
11Aberdeen City Scotland46
12East Ayrshire Scotland45
13Essex England44
14Norfolk England41
15Telford and Wrekin England40
1,571 England1,239 Scotland89 Wales54 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,975
Peak month
August
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Aphidecta obliterata
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,772
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Coccinellidae
Genus
Aphidecta
Name with authority
Aphidecta obliterata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q763836 · GBIF 1043472