When it is recorded
Jan20
Feb43
Mar71
Apr177
May467
Jun676
Jul807
Aug766
Sep805
Oct196
Nov26
Dec17
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 1,258 | |
| 2 | Gloucestershire | England | 303 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 263 | |
| 4 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 252 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 241 | |
| 6 | Essex | England | 228 | |
| 7 | Devon | England | 175 | |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire | England | 138 | |
| 9 | Surrey | England | 99 | |
| 10 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 99 | |
| 11 | Kent | England | 97 | |
| 12 | Thurrock | England | 90 | |
| 13 | Suffolk | England | 83 | |
| 14 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 81 | |
| 15 | Cumbria | England | 76 |
4,305 England562 Scotland423 Wales115 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,774
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 91
- Scientific name
- Forficula auricularia
- Group
- Other insects
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Highland, Telford and Wrekin, Cornwall, Essex, Devon, Cambridgeshire, Surrey, Aberdeenshire, Kent, Thurrock +4
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Dermaptera
- Family
- Forficulidae
- Genus
- Forficula
- Name with authority
- Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 37
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2537221 · GBIF 1419845