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Plain reed beetle

Donacia simplex

540Records since 2000
JunePeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr9
May154
Jun196
Jul121
Aug16
Sep4
Oct2
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Nottinghamshire England35
2Cambridgeshire England32
3Norfolk England32
4Isle of Anglesey Wales30
5Worcestershire England23
6Essex England18
7Dorset England17
8Powys Wales14
9Surrey England11
10Lincolnshire England11
11Doncaster England11
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland11
13Suffolk England10
14North Yorkshire England8
15Rutland England8
438 England22 Scotland60 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
540
Peak month
June
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Donacia simplex
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
508
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Donacia
Name with authority
Donacia simplex Fabricius, 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1313131 · GBIF 4461510