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Red Malachite Beetle

Anthocomus rufus

1,264Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May10
Jun37
Jul328
Aug659
Sep166
Oct36
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England172
2Cambridgeshire England160
3Suffolk England79
4Kent England76
5Lincolnshire England75
6Devon England40
7Somerset England30
8Essex England29
9Swansea Wales29
10Doncaster England25
11Thurrock England23
12North Lincolnshire England19
13East Riding of Yorkshire England18
14Cheshire East England18
15Oxfordshire England16
1,138 England65 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,264
Peak month
August
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Anthocomus rufus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,105
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Melyridae
Genus
Anthocomus
Name with authority
Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784)
Described
1784
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2168473 · GBIF 4449151