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Polychrome harp ground beetle

Harpalus affinis

2,760Records since 2000
MayPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb11
Mar87
Apr355
May683
Jun497
Jul277
Aug258
Sep142
Oct51
Nov15
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England183
2Thurrock England170
3Kent England152
4Lincolnshire England134
5Essex England125
6Norfolk England116
7Suffolk England113
8Devon England54
9Northamptonshire England54
10Oxfordshire England46
11Surrey England46
12Dorset England45
13Worcestershire England43
14Somerset England40
15Medway England37
2,608 England51 Scotland90 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,760
Peak month
May
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Harpalus affinis
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,688
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Harpalus
Name with authority
Harpalus affinis (Schrank, 1781)
Described
1781
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9750962