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Minotaur Beetle

Typhaeus typhoeus

2,062Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan78
Feb167
Mar243
Apr367
May280
Jun135
Jul43
Aug14
Sep62
Oct378
Nov155
Dec94

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England277
2Suffolk England150
3Surrey England106
4Dorset England98
5Norfolk England61
6Kent England47
7Cornwall England41
8Essex England41
9Oxfordshire England40
10Worcestershire England37
11Herefordshire, County of England35
12Somerset England29
13Pembrokeshire Wales27
14Cambridgeshire England26
15Gloucestershire England25
1,917 England15 Scotland117 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,062
Peak month
October
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Typhaeus typhoeus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,889
Most recorded in
Devon, Suffolk, Surrey, Dorset, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Geotrupidae
Genus
Typhaeus
Name with authority
Typhaeus typhoeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2348552 · GBIF 4994273