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Welsh Chafer

Hoplia philanthus

2,336Records since 2000
JunePeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr1
May95
Jun1,874
Jul296
Aug7
Sep7
Oct2
Nov0
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England78
2North Yorkshire England72
3Cambridgeshire England58
4York England58
5Kent England51
6Sefton England51
7Surrey England47
8Lincolnshire England46
9Worcestershire England41
10Cheshire East England39
11Cumbria England38
12Nottinghamshire England37
13Herefordshire, County of England37
14Oxfordshire England34
15Bath and North East Somerset England34
2,104 England7 Scotland216 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,336
Peak month
June
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Hoplia philanthus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,939
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Hoplia
Name with authority
Hoplia philanthus (Fuessly, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q19709548 · GBIF 1063508