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Deer Ked

Lipoptena cervi

384Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May1
Jun6
Jul16
Aug70
Sep153
Oct105
Nov15
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland131
2Argyll and Bute Scotland41
3Devon England24
4Norfolk England22
5Cumbria England14
6Surrey England9
7Dorset England9
8Oxfordshire England8
9Bath and North East Somerset England8
10Cheshire East England6
11Perth and Kinross Scotland6
12Stirling Scotland6
13Cornwall England5
14Gloucestershire England5
15Somerset England4
172 England193 Scotland1 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
384
Peak month
September
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Lipoptena cervi
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
337
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Hippoboscidae
Genus
Lipoptena
Name with authority
Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1620507 · GBIF 1638597