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Small Heather Weevil

Micrelus ericae

549Records since 2000
JunePeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr31
May58
Jun172
Jul167
Aug90
Sep9
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland86
2Aberdeenshire Scotland44
3Cornwall England31
4Dorset England23
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland23
6Worcestershire England17
7Gwynedd Wales15
8Norfolk England14
9Cheshire East England14
10Orkney Islands Scotland9
11Surrey England8
12Devon England7
13York England7
14Moray Scotland6
15Lincolnshire England5
310 England192 Scotland35 Wales4 Northern Ireland

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
549
Peak month
June
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Micrelus ericae
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
528
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Micrelus
Name with authority
Micrelus ericae Gyll., 1837
Described
1837
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18475494 · GBIF 1231837