When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb129
Mar869
Apr1,094
May362
Jun69
Jul16
Aug1
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 547 | |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 347 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 233 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 153 | |
| 5 | Isles of Scilly | England | 96 | |
| 6 | Swansea | Wales | 76 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 72 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 51 | |
| 9 | Powys | Wales | 40 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 37 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 33 | |
| 12 | Gwynedd | Wales | 28 | |
| 13 | Somerset | England | 25 | |
| 14 | Isle of Wight | England | 20 | |
| 15 | Ceredigion | Wales | 16 |
1,933 England6 Scotland607 Wales1 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,548
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 41
- Scientific name
- Meloe proscarabaeus
- Also known as
- Black Oil-beetle
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,465
- Most recorded in
- Devon, Dorset, Pembrokeshire, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, Swansea, Lincolnshire, Kent
- Conservation designations
- Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Meloidae
- Genus
- Meloe
- Name with authority
- Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 17
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q256218 · GBIF 4457483