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Mealworm

Tenebrio molitor

270Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar11
Apr9
May20
Jun68
Jul109
Aug27
Sep11
Oct3
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England48
2Cambridgeshire England14
3Norfolk England12
4Oxfordshire England9
5Kent England8
6Suffolk England7
7Essex England7
8East Riding of Yorkshire England6
9Trafford England6
10Surrey England5
11Worcestershire England5
12Nottinghamshire England5
13North Yorkshire England4
14Cumbria England4
15Northamptonshire England4
264 England2 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
270
Peak month
July
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Tenebrio molitor
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
257
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Tenebrio
Name with authority
Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q225965 · GBIF 1045843