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Artichoke Gall-midge

Taxomyia taxi

518Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan16
Feb44
Mar38
Apr49
May30
Jun21
Jul20
Aug49
Sep78
Oct51
Nov70
Dec43

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England48
2Sefton England26
3Worcestershire England22
4Somerset England22
5Cheshire East England17
6Gloucestershire England16
7Rutland England15
8Kent England14
9Nottingham England11
10Cumbria England10
11Nottinghamshire England10
12Oxfordshire England7
13York England7
14Isle of Anglesey Wales7
15Halton England7
502 England3 Scotland13 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
518
Peak month
September
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Taxomyia taxi
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
81
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Cecidomyiidae
Genus
Taxomyia
Name with authority
Taxomyia taxi (Inchbald, 1861)
Described
1861
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13626408 · GBIF 1596611