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Culicoides scoticus

1,191Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan40
Feb0
Mar3
Apr7
May2
Jun3
Jul1
Aug6
Sep5
Oct8
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England503
2Somerset England22
3West Lothian Scotland19
4Oxfordshire England7
5Surrey England6
6Orkney Islands Scotland2
7Norfolk England1
8Kent England1
9Cornwall England1
10Essex England1
11Lincolnshire England1
12North Yorkshire England1
13Cumbria England1
14Powys Wales1
15East Lothian Scotland1
7 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,191
Peak month
January
Counties with records
20
Group
True flies
Most recorded in
Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Ceratopogonidae
Genus
Culicoides
Name with authority
Culicoides scoticus Downes & Kettle, 1952
Described
1952
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13632460 · GBIF 1631959