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Metallic horned dung beetle

Onthophagus coenobita

517Records since 2000
MayPeak month
40Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar14
Apr103
May170
Jun77
Jul16
Aug43
Sep54
Oct8
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England59
2Devon England34
3Worcestershire England23
4Bath and North East Somerset England23
5Kent England15
6Isle of Anglesey Wales15
7Gwynedd Wales13
8Somerset England12
9Gloucestershire England12
10Powys Wales12
11Dorset England11
12Cornwall England11
13Norfolk England10
14Surrey England10
15Suffolk England7
447 England70 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
517
Peak month
May
Counties with records
40
Scientific name
Onthophagus coenobita
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
492
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Onthophagus
Name with authority
Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
Described
1783
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4045835 · GBIF 1091924