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Wharf Borer

Nacerdes melanura

227Records since 2000
JunePeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr6
May13
Jun137
Jul58
Aug7
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales24
2Swansea Wales14
3Sefton England10
4East Riding of Yorkshire England8
5Lincolnshire England8
6Essex England7
7Isle of Anglesey Wales7
8Cambridgeshire England4
9Suffolk England4
10Kingston upon Hull, City of England4
11Norfolk England3
12Kent England3
13Dorset England3
14Highland Scotland3
15Bristol, City of England3
132 England4 Scotland86 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
227
Peak month
June
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Nacerdes melanura
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
197
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Oedemeridae
Genus
Nacerdes
Name with authority
Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2469939 · GBIF 1045471