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Chironomus plumosus

423Records since 2000
MayPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar58
Apr63
May178
Jun38
Jul36
Aug27
Sep14
Oct6
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland136
2Kent England27
3Cambridgeshire England20
4Isle of Anglesey Wales16
5Essex England14
6Worcestershire England13
7Lincolnshire England12
8Perth and Kinross Scotland9
9Suffolk England7
10Powys Wales7
11Pembrokeshire Wales6
12Cumbria England5
13Ceredigion Wales4
14Wrexham Wales4
15Norfolk England3
181 England158 Scotland53 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
423
Peak month
May
Counties with records
44
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
412
Most recorded in
Aberdeenshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Chironomus
Name with authority
Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4304965 · GBIF 1448391