Species Detail - Hairy Whirligig Beetle (Orectochilus villosus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Beetles of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Orectochilus villosus
Hairy Whirligig Beetle
NHMSYS0001719364
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
orvil
(Müller, O.F., 1776)
Insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
Species
840
158
75
02/06/1834
17/08/2023
21 February (recorded in 1991)
31 December (recorded in 1892)
Balfour Browne Club, Water Beetles of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Hairy Whirligig Beetle (Orectochilus villosus), accessed 01 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/58/Species/72872>