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Malachite Beetle

Malachius bipustulatus

5,702Records since 2000
MayPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb2
Mar2
Apr115
May2,690
Jun2,220
Jul408
Aug22
Sep6
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England308
2Kent England249
3Norfolk England230
4Worcestershire England224
5Cambridgeshire England187
6Northamptonshire England173
7Nottinghamshire England171
8Oxfordshire England153
9Surrey England150
10Essex England147
11Suffolk England108
12North Yorkshire England108
13Dorset England72
14Devon England70
15Herefordshire, County of England67
5,552 England20 Scotland126 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,702
Peak month
May
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Malachius bipustulatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,345
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Melyridae
Genus
Malachius
Name with authority
Malachius bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q232703 · GBIF 4449375