The Status of the Snowdon Beetle Chrysolina cerealis on Yr Wyddfa (2015)
The Snowdon Beetle Chrysolina cerealis is restricted in the United Kingdom to Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), although it was also found in Cwm Idwal until 1980. As recent records of the beetle have been few, this survey was undertaken in an attempt to determine its status and distribution. A total of five beetles (four larvae and one adult) were found following 63.5 hours of hand searching on and around thyme plants (the only recorded foodplant of the beetle in the UK) and stone-turning near patches of thyme from June to September 2015, with all specimens found in Clogwyn Coch in September. No beetles were found in Cwm du'r Arddu, its traditional hotspot, despite exhaustive searches. Further surveys were also conducted in 2016, please see - National Museums Liverpool 2017. The status of the Snowdon Beetle Chrysolina cerealis on Yr Wyddfa in 2016. NRW Evidence Report No: 193, 18pp. Natural Resources Wales, Bangor. Metadata for 2016 survey here - NRW_DS117097.
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- Metadata
Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS116513
- Metadata Language
- English
- Lineage
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Sampling techniques included visual searches and stone turning, undertaken by competent surveyors.
- Additional Information
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World Museum Liverpool 2016. The status of the Snowdon beetle Chrysolina cerealis on Y Wyddfa in 2015. NRW Evidence Report No: 160, 23pp. Natural Resources Wales, Bangor
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2016-03-31
Temporal Extent
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- 2016-06-16
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- 2016-09-18
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- Biota
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- GWYNEDD - GWYNEDD
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Species records on Welsh Invertebrate Database
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Unknown
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Report as pdf format
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Unknown
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- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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- false
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Sampling techniques included visual searches and stone turning, undertaken by competent surveyors.
Keywords
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
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NRW Thesaurus
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- snowdon beetle
- chalk grassland (calcareous grassland)
- chrysolina cerealis
- montane habitats
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2026-08-27
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Content
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NRW Profile
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The status of the Snowdon beetle chrysolina cerealis on Yr Wyddfa in 2015
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There are no access restrictions to this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
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© CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
Attribution Statement
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
Licence
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- Open Government Licence
Metadata
Metadata
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- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136353133 XML
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- English
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- 2026-10-07T13:30:12.519Z
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1.0