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Dark Brown Cranefly

Nigrotipula nigra

477Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May11
Jun91
Jul303
Aug63
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England81
2Cambridgeshire England66
3Essex England36
4Devon England30
5Thurrock England24
6East Riding of Yorkshire England17
7Northamptonshire England17
8Suffolk England15
9Kent England15
10Lincolnshire England13
11Cumbria England13
12Swansea Wales11
13Oxfordshire England7
14West Berkshire England6
15York England6
371 England3 Scotland23 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
477
Peak month
July
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Nigrotipula nigra
Also known as
a cranefly
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
406
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Nigrotipula
Name with authority
Nigrotipula nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1910120 · GBIF 1508787