When it is recorded
Jan14
Feb20
Mar117
Apr489
May1,146
Jun5,024
Jul8,040
Aug2,143
Sep324
Oct134
Nov31
Dec14
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloucestershire | England | 1,736 | |
| 2 | Devon | England | 1,198 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 900 | |
| 4 | Dorset | England | 782 | |
| 5 | Somerset | England | 573 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 515 | |
| 7 | Ceredigion | Wales | 508 | |
| 8 | Surrey | England | 456 | |
| 9 | Suffolk | England | 394 | |
| 10 | Norfolk | England | 280 | |
| 11 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 276 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 235 | |
| 13 | Cambridgeshire | England | 201 | |
| 14 | Essex | England | 192 | |
| 15 | Isle of Wight | England | 190 |
16,094 England163 Scotland1,326 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 17,587
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 66
- Scientific name
- Lampyris noctiluca
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 17,451
- Most recorded in
- Gloucestershire, Devon, Kent, Dorset, Somerset, Oxfordshire, Ceredigion, Surrey, Suffolk, Norfolk, Herefordshire, County of, Cornwall +18
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Lampyridae
- Genus
- Lampyris
- Name with authority
- Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 23
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q852831 · GBIF 5744295