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Cockspur [worm]

Bimastos rubidus

629Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan36
Feb31
Mar45
Apr83
May59
Jun40
Jul29
Aug22
Sep46
Oct119
Nov65
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England60
2Highland Scotland30
3Bristol, City of England22
4Devon England21
5Portsmouth England16
6Scottish Borders Scotland14
7Conwy Wales11
8Cumbria England9
9West Berkshire England9
10Oxfordshire England7
11Surrey England7
12Herefordshire, County of England7
13North Lanarkshire Scotland7
14Essex England6
15North Yorkshire England6
483 England98 Scotland36 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
629
Peak month
October
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Bimastos rubidus
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
677
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Bimastos
Name with authority
Bimastos rubidus (Savigny, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q61630404 · GBIF 9675087