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Lesser Blackclock

Pterostichus minor

1,299Records since 2000
MayPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb36
Mar63
Apr142
May340
Jun312
Jul112
Aug59
Sep40
Oct25
Nov23
Dec21

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England198
2Norfolk England189
3Kent England58
4Dorset England51
5Somerset England34
6Lincolnshire England33
7Surrey England31
8Highland Scotland27
9Suffolk England21
10Doncaster England21
11Devon England19
12Cheshire East England19
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland19
14Worcestershire England16
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland16
1,154 England53 Scotland37 Wales53 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,299
Peak month
May
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Pterostichus minor
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,310
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Kent, Dorset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Pterostichus
Name with authority
Pterostichus minor (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Described
1827
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11705712 · GBIF 7840196