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Boreal yellow-headed soil centipede

Geophilus flavus

114Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb5
Mar15
Apr19
May15
Jun9
Jul1
Aug14
Sep5
Oct4
Nov10
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bristol, City of England6
2Surrey England5
3Essex England4
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland4
5Cambridgeshire England3
6Pembrokeshire Wales3
7Fife Scotland3
8Ards and North Down Northern Ireland3
9Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland3
10Falkirk Scotland3
11Kent England2
12Highland Scotland2
13Worcestershire England2
14City of Edinburgh Scotland2
15Nottinghamshire England2
68 England15 Scotland9 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
114
Peak month
April
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Geophilus flavus
Group
Centipedes
NBN Atlas records since 2000
55
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Geophilomorpha
Family
Geophilidae
Genus
Geophilus
Name with authority
Geophilus flavus De Geer, 1778
Described
1778

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1953896 · GBIF 2233687