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Designations
Most recorded
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Species
Groups
By month
Families
Counties
Designations
Most recorded
Year described
Earthy
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Year described
1850
Described in 1850
50
species
1849
1851
Silvery pout
Group
Fish
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
9,243
Polycirrus medusa
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,468
Hawthorn Slender
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
1,166
Bougainvillia principis
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,086
Psychoda albipennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,004
Glycera fallax
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
976
Firethorn Leaf Miner
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
842
Hazel Slender
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
771
Calathus cinctus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
595
White-winged scoter
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
547
Linnavuoriana sexmaculata
Group
True bugs
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
544
Alnetoidia alneti
Group
True bugs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
444
Linnavuoriana sexmaculata
Group
True bugs
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
430
Cnephasia stephensiana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
406
Rabdophaga rosaria
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
405
Ruditapes philippinarum
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
332
Ocyusa picina
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
316
Girardia tigrina
Group
Flatworms
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
305
Leptothorax nylanderi
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
298
Rhyacionia pinicolana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
296
Psammotettix confinis
Group
True bugs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
271
Lasius alienus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
256
Oxypoda elongatula
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
251
Asterionella formosa
Group
Seaweeds and algae
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
247
Scrobipalpa acuminatella
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
204
Dewick’s plusia
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
201
Gerris costae
Group
True bugs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
193
Pterygocythereis jonesii
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
190
Notocelia rosaecolana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
188
Marsh oblique-barred
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
163
Parornix finitimella
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
158
Dasineura plicatrix
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
144
Dikraneura variata
Group
True bugs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
129
Oedothorax apicatus
Group
Spiders
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
127
Parornix torquillella
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
115
A marine snail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
104
Parornix scoticella
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
104
Cylindroleberis mariae
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
94
Stenamma debile
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
92
Rhaphium monotrichum
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
84
Reichertella geniculata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
82
Colobostema triste
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
80
Atlantic Spinner Dolphin
Group
Mammals
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
74
Euglesa supina
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
December
Records since 2000
68
Bradysia tilicola
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
66
Strophedra weirana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
66
Eupteryx stachydearum
Group
True bugs
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
65
Cyprideis torosa
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
62
Elachista humilis
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
56
Asphondylia sarothamni
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
55