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Chaetocladius melaleucus

120Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr11
May14
Jun19
Jul9
Aug9
Sep5
Oct2
Nov42
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Ayrshire Scotland42
2Perth and Kinross Scotland23
3Highland Scotland16
4Aberdeenshire Scotland12
5Gwynedd Wales8
6North Yorkshire England7
7Devon England2
8Conwy Wales2
9Powys Wales1
10Ceredigion Wales1
7 England52 Scotland12 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
120
Peak month
November
Counties with records
10
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
72
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Chaetocladius
Name with authority
Chaetocladius melaleucus (Meigen, 1818)
Described
1818

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13850023 · GBIF 1445809