Malachite Beetle

Malachius bipustulatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

bark and sapwood decay 433 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

634 since 2000 760 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

211 since 2000 249 all time

Earliest occurrence

1897

Latest occurrence

2024

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Biological Records Centre. iRecord (CC-BY). Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Buglife.

Lapwings Consultants.

Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership (now the GLNP).

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Sustainable Caistor.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Malachius bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000017964 (Accessed 09 November 2025).