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Chironomus luridus

149Records since 2000
JunePeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar6
Apr23
May17
Jun37
Jul35
Aug15
Sep8
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England28
2Essex England14
3Suffolk England12
4Doncaster England11
5City of Edinburgh Scotland7
6North Lincolnshire England5
7Dorset England2
8East Riding of Yorkshire England2
9North Yorkshire England2
10Argyll and Bute Scotland2
11Thurrock England2
12Kent England1
13Somerset England1
14Sefton England1
15Scottish Borders Scotland1
73 England4 Scotland1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
149
Peak month
June
Counties with records
19
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
73
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Chironomus
Name with authority
Chironomus luridus Strenzke, 1959
Described
1959

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13851113 · GBIF 1448122