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Nettle Pollen Beetle

Brachypterus urticae

814Records since 2000
JunePeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb1
Mar2
Apr17
May225
Jun312
Jul128
Aug63
Sep12
Oct9
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England74
2Highland Scotland52
3Lincolnshire England48
4Norfolk England35
5Surrey England25
6Essex England23
7Worcestershire England23
8Cumbria England20
9Kent England19
10Warrington England19
11Suffolk England16
12Devon England15
13Swansea Wales15
14Nottinghamshire England14
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
604 England111 Scotland44 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
814
Peak month
June
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Brachypterus urticae
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
766
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Kateretidae
Genus
Brachypterus
Name with authority
Brachypterus urticae (Fabricius, 1792)
Described
1792
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3211669 · GBIF 4990270