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Cranefly

Lipsothrix errans

70Records since 2000
MayPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May30
Jun24
Jul3
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales16
2Worcestershire England12
3Telford and Wrekin England12
4Gwynedd Wales6
5North Yorkshire England5
6Wrexham Wales4
7Cumbria England3
8Highland Scotland2
9Perth and Kinross Scotland2
10Herefordshire, County of England2
11Argyll and Bute Scotland1
12Pembrokeshire Wales1
13Stockport England1
38 England4 Scotland27 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
70
Peak month
May
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Lipsothrix errans
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
69
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Limoniidae
Genus
Lipsothrix
Name with authority
Lipsothrix errans (Walker, 1848)
Described
1848

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1834266 · GBIF 1520599