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Species
Groups
By month
Families
Counties
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Most recorded
Year described
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Year described
1826
Described in 1826
138
species
1825
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Welshman's Button Caddisfly
Group
Caddisflies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
22,673
Boring sponge
Group
Sponges
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
11,493
Seedcorn Maggot
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,186
Square-tailed Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
4,751
Pegoplata aestiva
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,289
Pegoplata infirma
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
3,287
Chorizopora brongniartii
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,892
Botanophila fugax
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,781
Nectoporus sanmarkii
Group
Beetles
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
2,581
Green Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
2,506
Fannia armata
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,275
Gall midge
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
2,174
Grey Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
2,160
Dasyphora cyanella
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
2,144
Pfeiffer's amber snail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,973
European Cinchbug
Group
True bugs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,703
Blow Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,486
Rosy-tip Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,481
Hylemyza partita
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,457
Phaonia errans
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,306
Chestnut Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,255
Sarcophaga nigriventris
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,253
Long-toothed Herald Snail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,233
Ormosia nodulosa
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,129
Minettia fasciata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,099
Leistus fulvibarbis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,081
Callopora dumerilii
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,030
Fenestrulina malusii
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
870
Sarcophaga vagans
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
855
Hydrophoria ruralis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
853
Paradelia intersecta
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
745
Arthaldeus pascuellus
Group
True bugs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
743
Little Black Blowfly
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
671
Herina lugubris
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
665
Sarcophaga dissimilis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
640
Scathophaga inquinata
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
631
Cockspur [worm]
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
629
Hydroporus striola
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
604
Pegomya solennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
601
Sarcophaga haemorrhoa
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
593
Hebecnema umbratica
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
578
Hairy-legged Horsefly
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
550
Eurasian Running Crab Spider
Group
Spiders
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
530
Ornate Brigadier
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
503
Little Tree Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
492
Stilt Sandpiper
Group
Birds
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
473
Peplomyza litura
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
465
Minettia inusta
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
464
Blue-grey Worm
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
463
Sepsis fulgens
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
463
Dendrobaena octaedra
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
436
Sarcophaga pumila
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
428
Norellia spinipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
413
Ceutorhynchus contractus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
374
Blackneck
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
365
Mydaea urbana
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
342
Cleigastra apicalis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
333
Pherbellia schoenherri
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
331
Alebra albostriella
Group
True bugs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
326
Eisenia fetida
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
326
Hylemya nigrimanus
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
318
Haliclona cinerea
Group
Sponges
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
317
Ancistrocerus scoticus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
277
Sarcophaga melanura
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
268
Phorbia fumigata
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
266
Rhombosepion orbignyanum
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
264
Herina nigrina
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
257
Oreodytes septentrionalis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
249
Amaurosoma fasciatum
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
245
Hydrotaea militaris
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
233
Melieria omissa
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
230
Greater Sand Plover
Group
Birds
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
224
Gastrolepta anthracina
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
223
Lumbricus festivus
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
223
Sapromyza sexpunctata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
222
Leuconia nivea
Group
Sponges
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
221
Four-barred Knapweed Gall Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
215
Sarcophaga sinuata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
211
Hydrophoria linogrisea
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
209
Cordilura ciliata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
208
Sepsis flavimanus
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
205
Leptocera fontinalis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
202
Themira annulipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
197
Phaonia serva
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
194
Helina obscurata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
187
Ancistrocerus nigricornis
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
179
Herina palustris
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
171
Melieria picta
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
164
Calliopum elisae
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
162
Pegomya winthemi
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
162
Egle minuta
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
161
Spilogona denigrata
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
156
Scathophaga spurca
Group
True flies
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
151
Gonia ornata
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
139
Limnophora maculosa
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
134
Collarina balzaci
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
132
Lucilia silvarum
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
132
Coenosia means
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
131
Macrogastra rolphii
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
128
Lucilia illustris
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
127
Aporrectodea icterica
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
126
Zaphne divisa
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
125
Cordilura pudica
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
124
Estheria cristata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
118
Tipula irrorata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
118
Physarum album
Group
Microorganisms and protists
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
113
Paederus fuscipes
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
112
Sepsis violacea
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
110
Coenosia albicornis
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
108
Cricotopus triannulatus
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
104
Caricea alma
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
103
Paradromius longiceps
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
103
Simulium vernum
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
103
Thricops cunctans
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
100
Fannia manicata
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
92
Ozyptila brevipes
Group
Spiders
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
92
Palloptera trimacula
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
88
Phorbia sepia
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
87
Mydaea ancilla
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
86
Trypeta zoe
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
82
Musculus costulatus
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
80
Helina pertusa
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
79
Dithryca guttularis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
75
Coenosia rufipalpis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
74
Sapromyza hyalinata
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
74
Notiophilus quadripunctatus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
72
Audouin's Gull
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
68
Mycomya cinerascens
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
66
Trichopalpus fraternus
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
61
Haplopoma impressum
Group
Bryozoans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
60
Hebecnema fumosa
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
60
Azelia gibbera
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
59
Tanais dulongii
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
58
Botanophila dissecta
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
55
Tiger Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
55
Spilogona pacifica
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
54
Cordilura rufimanus
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
52
Hydroporus figuratus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
50