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Red-spotted soldier beetle

Cantharis rufa

1,081Records since 2000
JunePeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr7
May238
Jun645
Jul124
Aug4
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England84
2Kent England49
3Surrey England46
4Worcestershire England45
5Cambridgeshire England36
6Norfolk England30
7North Yorkshire England26
8Oxfordshire England25
9Suffolk England22
10Somerset England22
11North Lincolnshire England22
12Doncaster England20
13Essex England19
14East Riding of Yorkshire England16
15Dorset England13
943 England40 Scotland58 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,081
Peak month
June
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Cantharis rufa
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
992
Most recorded in
Lincolnshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cantharidae
Genus
Cantharis
Name with authority
Cantharis rufa (Linnaeus)
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1765637 · GBIF 4308856