When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb8
Mar227
Apr735
May501
Jun117
Jul8
Aug1
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 759 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 169 | |
| 3 | Dorset | England | 112 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 73 | |
| 5 | Somerset | England | 49 | |
| 6 | Monmouthshire | Wales | 48 | |
| 7 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 33 | |
| 8 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 30 | |
| 9 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 23 | |
| 10 | Powys | Wales | 18 | |
| 11 | Gwynedd | Wales | 14 | |
| 12 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 14 | |
| 13 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 13 | |
| 14 | Cumbria | England | 12 | |
| 15 | Bristol, City of | England | 9 |
1,143 England249 Scotland212 Wales1 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,605
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 41
- Scientific name
- Meloe violaceus
- Also known as
- Violet Oil-beetle
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,510
- Conservation designations
- Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Meloidae
- Genus
- Meloe
- Name with authority
- Meloe violaceus Marsham, 1802
- Described
- 1802
- Contributing datasets
- 20
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1315694 · GBIF 4457477