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Cricotopus sylvestris

265Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar5
Apr27
May48
Jun61
Jul40
Aug23
Sep31
Oct21
Nov6
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales34
2Powys Wales28
3Gwynedd Wales24
4Worcestershire England16
5Cambridgeshire England14
6Thurrock England12
7Pembrokeshire Wales8
8Carmarthenshire Wales8
9Wrexham Wales8
10Denbighshire Wales8
11Ceredigion Wales6
12Somerset England5
13North Yorkshire England4
14Essex England3
15Aberdeenshire Scotland3
25 England5 Scotland125 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
265
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
156
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Cricotopus
Name with authority
Cricotopus sylvestris Fabricius, 1794
Described
1794

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13850630 · GBIF 1454324