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Rugged Oil-beetle

Meloe rugosus

393Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb13
Mar23
Apr31
May32
Jun3
Jul0
Aug0
Sep25
Oct142
Nov89
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England106
2Oxfordshire England65
3Monmouthshire Wales13
4Herefordshire, County of England12
5Bath and North East Somerset England9
6Dorset England6
7Somerset England6
8Devon England3
9Powys Wales3
10Kent England1
11West Berkshire England1
12Brighton and Hove England1
377 England16 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
393
Peak month
October
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Meloe rugosus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
390
Most recorded in
Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Meloidae
Genus
Meloe
Name with authority
Meloe rugosus Marsham, 1802
Described
1802

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2284736 · GBIF 4457556