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Red-legged harp ground beetle

Harpalus rubripes

1,014Records since 2000
MayPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb5
Mar13
Apr111
May235
Jun201
Jul127
Aug110
Sep36
Oct8
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Thurrock England88
2Essex England69
3Cambridgeshire England66
4Kent England55
5Devon England55
6Norfolk England52
7Suffolk England25
8Dorset England25
9Surrey England19
10Lincolnshire England18
11Medway England15
12Northamptonshire England14
13Brighton and Hove England14
14Swansea Wales13
15East Riding of Yorkshire England12
934 England8 Scotland71 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,014
Peak month
May
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Harpalus rubripes
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
991
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Harpalus
Name with authority
Harpalus rubripes (Duftschmid, 1812)
Described
1812
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1762653 · GBIF 5873218