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Six-spotted Pot Beetle

Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus

52Records since 2000
JunePeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May19
Jun32
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England39
2Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
3Kent England1
4Thurrock England1
5Medway England1
50 England2 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
52
Peak month
June
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
52
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Chrysomelidae
Genus
Cryptocephalus
Name with authority
Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1634739 · GBIF 6097762