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Black-striped cranefly

Tipula vernalis

3,421Records since 2000
MayPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb0
Mar2
Apr291
May2,438
Jun487
Jul27
Aug7
Sep15
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England243
2Worcestershire England232
3Northamptonshire England177
4Cambridgeshire England164
5Norfolk England103
6North Yorkshire England74
7Oxfordshire England72
8Lincolnshire England68
9Essex England67
10Surrey England66
11Suffolk England51
12Thurrock England48
13East Riding of Yorkshire England42
14Powys Wales37
15Devon England36
3,227 England53 Scotland126 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,421
Peak month
May
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Tipula vernalis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,120
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Tipula
Name with authority
Tipula vernalis Meigen, 1804
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2625313 · GBIF 1507303