When it is recorded
Jan21
Feb25
Mar53
Apr80
May243
Jun585
Jul530
Aug548
Sep232
Oct102
Nov33
Dec20
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 232 | |
| 2 | Essex | England | 103 | |
| 3 | Devon | England | 96 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 80 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 74 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 69 | |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 57 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 56 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 56 | |
| 10 | Norfolk | England | 54 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 54 | |
| 12 | Suffolk | England | 50 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 50 | |
| 14 | Powys | Wales | 50 | |
| 15 | Thurrock | England | 43 |
2,084 England420 Scotland204 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 97 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,709
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 97
- Scientific name
- Carabus violaceus
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,420
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Essex, Devon, Worcestershire, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cornwall, Suffolk +2
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Carabus
- Name with authority
- Carabus violaceus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 32
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1535893 · GBIF 4470765