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Musk Beetle

Aromia moschata

339Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
33Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May3
Jun27
Jul156
Aug130
Sep14
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England77
2Norfolk England31
3Lincolnshire England20
4Suffolk England19
5Somerset England13
6Monmouthshire Wales13
7Worcestershire England8
8Nottinghamshire England8
9Oxfordshire England7
10Gloucestershire England6
11Kent England5
12Surrey England5
13Devon England5
14Sefton England4
15Argyll and Bute Scotland4
295 England8 Scotland35 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
339
Peak month
July
Counties with records
33
Scientific name
Aromia moschata
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
319
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cerambycidae
Genus
Aromia
Name with authority
Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q389732 · GBIF 5001643