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Designations
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Species
Groups
By month
Families
Counties
Designations
Most recorded
Year described
Earthy
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Year described
1767
Described in 1767
154
species
1766
1768
Common Greenshank
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
77,228
Wall
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
43,859
Velvet Swimming Crab
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
22,671
Hairy Sea-mat
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
11,414
Common Marbled Carpet
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
10,539
Long-clawed Porcelain Crab
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
9,663
Common Sunstar
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
9,661
Ballan Wrasse
Group
Fish
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
8,388
Norfolk Hawker
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
7,361
Acorn Barnacle
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
7,241
Cirl Bunting
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,559
Sea-mat
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
5,479
Agabus bipustulatus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,478
Glaucous Gull
Group
Birds
Peak month
January
Records since 2000
5,212
Flame Carpet
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,167
Honeycomb Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,154
Black Sexton Beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,980
Diamond-backed Moth
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,928
Single-dotted Wave
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,653
Red-green Carpet
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
4,612
Northern lucina
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,539
Yellow sea-squirt, Tube sea-squirt, Sea vase
Group
Sea squirts
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,422
Nettle-tap
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,367
Wrinkled Rock Borer
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,289
Encrusting Bryozoan
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,179
Small Fan-footed Wave
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,131
Varied Carpet Beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,765
Hydroid
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,537
Iron Prominent
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,451
Ocean Quahog
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
2,449
Buff Arches
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,259
Compass Jellyfish
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,023
Elder Pearl
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,022
Calcareous tubeworm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
1,813
Scorched Wing
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,807
Raspberry Weevil
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,682
Oak Beauty
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
1,661
Common Sea Slater
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,560
Orange Footman
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,557
Fabricius' Nomad Bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,397
Apple Fruit Rhynchites
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,352
Cassida vibex
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,307
Cinereous chiton
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,228
Spotted Leafworm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,155
Semaphore Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,122
Green Paddle Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,045
Creeping Bell Hydroid
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,040
Lobe Shell
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,019
Purple Thorn
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,008
Celleporella hyalina
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
983
Black Gnat
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
948
Figure of Eighty
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
942
Rameous bryozoan
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
938
Crevice Brittlestar
Group
Starfish and sea urchins
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
925
August Thorn
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
903
Lined Click Beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
829
Barred Snout
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
811
Red Underwing
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
773
Rhombic Leatherbug
Group
True bugs
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
721
Oedemera virescens
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
712
Green Crenella
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
709
Bare-saddled Blood Bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
706
Brussels Lace
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
614
Scirtes hemisphaericus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
604
Leaf beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
596
Bordered Beauty
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
576
Neottiura bimaculata
Group
Spiders
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
575
Beautiful China-mark
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
572
Microcara testacea
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
567
Sulfur knapweed root moth
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
557
Hawthorn Moth
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
547
Sapromyza quadripunctata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
543
Linear skeleton shrimp
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
540
Barnacle-eating onchidoris
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
535
Strandline Beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
526
Three-lined Soldier
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
523
Seraphim
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
516
Trixagus dermestoides
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
492
Phylus melanocephalus
Group
True bugs
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
491
White Atlantic Cadlina
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
483
Alder Moth
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
481
Odacantha melanura
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
469
Wheat Stem Borer
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
465
Cyllecoris histrionius
Group
True bugs
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
448
Birch mocha
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
417
Harmothoe imbricata
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
414
Dark umber
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
409
Evergestis pallidata
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
397
Small yellow wave
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
386
Pachyprotasis rapae
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
373
Vestal
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
372
Tachyporus obtusus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
371
Yellow Mayfly
Group
Mayflies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
362
Psyche casta
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
350
Myopa testacea
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
327
L-album wainscot
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
311
Scalpellum scalpellum
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
308
Pea crab
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
303
Phakellia ventilabrum
Group
Sponges
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
302
Tenthredopsis nassata
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
272
Graptodytes granularis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
271
Ptinomorphus imperialis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
271
Callopora lineata
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
262
Grass emerald
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
254
Leptophlebia marginata
Group
Mayflies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
253
Orchesella villosa
Group
Springtails
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
250
Chimarra marginata
Group
Caddisflies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
238
Alabonia geoffrella
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
233
Chiridopsis bipunctata
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
231
Epinotia brunnichana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
230
Procladius culiciformis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
229
Calomosternus granarius
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
225
Boreochiton ruber
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
214
Cassida murraea
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
199
Forcipomyia bipunctata
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
198
Privet Sawfly
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
197
Small white wave
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
197
Idotea linearis
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
193
Brindled white-spot
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
175
Black-margined Loosestrife Beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
169
Podagrica fuscicornis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
166
Atylotus rusticus
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
161
Elgiva cucularia
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
159
Beris clavipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
155
Trox scaber
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
141
Lesser-spotted pinion
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
140
July belle
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
139
Poecilium alni
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
128
Cixius cunicularius
Group
True bugs
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
122
Cryptocephalus bilineatus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
119
Dolerus niger
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
118
Wachtliella persicariae
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
118
Agonopterix kaekeritziana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
116
Nomada ferruginata
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
116
Agapanthia cardui
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
108
Lathrobium elongatum
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
108
Oxystoma craccae
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
104
Anagrus atomus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
99
Brachymeria minuta
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
92
Elodes minuta
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
90
Boreus hyemalis
Group
Other insects
Peak month
December
Records since 2000
87
Purple-bordered gold
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
85
Stenosemus albus
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
84
Micropeza corrigiolata
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
80
Oblique striped
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
77
Abia sericea
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
69
Calamosternus granarius
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
67
Boltenia echinata
Group
Sea squirts
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
66
Pilophorus clavatus
Group
True bugs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
65
False Mocha
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
60
Dark Bordered Beauty
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
59
Micromus paganus
Group
Lacewings
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
59
Hiatella rugosa
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
56
Hybos grossipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
53