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Banded Centipede

Lithobius variegatus

687Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb47
Mar62
Apr105
May89
Jun61
Jul54
Aug60
Sep35
Oct52
Nov41
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England37
2Devon England34
3Kent England31
4Bristol, City of England23
5Argyll and Bute Scotland22
6Gwynedd Wales20
7Surrey England19
8Gloucestershire England17
9Worcestershire England16
10Monmouthshire Wales13
11Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland12
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland12
13Powys Wales11
14Pembrokeshire Wales10
15Cornwall England9
513 England38 Scotland82 Wales47 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
687
Peak month
April
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Lithobius variegatus
Group
Centipedes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Lithobiomorpha
Family
Lithobiidae
Genus
Lithobius
Name with authority
Lithobius variegatus Leach, 1814
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3784333 · GBIF 2230514