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Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica

6,138Records since 2000
MayPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr28
May4,065
Jun1,801
Jul59
Aug8
Sep6
Oct0
Nov0
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England318
2Kent England283
3Cambridgeshire England206
4Suffolk England201
5Norfolk England196
6Worcestershire England185
7Essex England180
8Oxfordshire England159
9Surrey England117
10Northamptonshire England117
11Devon England112
12North Yorkshire England105
13Nottinghamshire England95
14Dorset England93
15Somerset England74
5,711 England117 Scotland295 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,138
Peak month
May
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Cantharis rustica
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,217
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cantharidae
Genus
Cantharis
Name with authority
Cantharis rustica Fallén, 1807
Described
1807
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q839689 · GBIF 5744106