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Poecilus cupreus

2,156Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan29
Feb30
Mar113
Apr403
May394
Jun256
Jul159
Aug183
Sep183
Oct62
Nov30
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England159
2Somerset England114
3Worcestershire England80
4Essex England77
5Kent England76
6Devon England74
7Lincolnshire England71
8Oxfordshire England63
9Thurrock England49
10Bath and North East Somerset England49
11Dorset England43
12Northamptonshire England35
13Norfolk England34
14Nottinghamshire England32
15Surrey England30
2,021 England8 Scotland126 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,156
Peak month
April
Counties with records
66
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,136
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Poecilus
Name with authority
Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q972087 · GBIF 5753697