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Metoecus paradoxus

209Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun3
Jul42
Aug84
Sep52
Oct15
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England17
2City of Edinburgh Scotland8
3Herefordshire, County of England7
4York England7
5Norfolk England6
6North Yorkshire England6
7Cambridgeshire England5
8Devon England5
9Worcestershire England5
10Cumbria England5
11Northamptonshire England5
12Essex England4
13Stirling Scotland4
14Suffolk England3
15East Lothian Scotland3
172 England26 Scotland6 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
209
Peak month
August
Counties with records
48
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
190
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Ripiphoridae
Genus
Metoecus
Name with authority
Metoecus paradoxus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2286528 · GBIF 5751197