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Collared Banded-leg Midge

Ablabesmyia monilis

418Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr11
May25
Jun74
Jul86
Aug104
Sep87
Oct31
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales122
2Ceredigion Wales73
3Powys Wales29
4Highland Scotland25
5Suffolk England24
6Thurrock England14
7Cambridgeshire England12
8Isle of Anglesey Wales8
9Worcestershire England6
10Conwy Wales6
11Perth and Kinross Scotland5
12Lincolnshire England4
13Pembrokeshire Wales3
14Denbighshire Wales3
15North Yorkshire England2
66 England15 Scotland259 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
418
Peak month
August
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Ablabesmyia monilis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
340
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Ceredigion
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Ablabesmyia
Name with authority
Ablabesmyia monilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13849502 · GBIF 1450453