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Drinker

Euthrix potatoria

4,790Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb13
Mar105
Apr407
May712
Jun1,096
Jul1,534
Aug381
Sep112
Oct87
Nov23
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland685
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland643
3Highland Scotland289
4Worcestershire England251
5Oxfordshire England249
6Cambridgeshire England210
7Suffolk England155
8West Berkshire England102
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland82
10Norfolk England79
11Isle of Anglesey Wales75
12Cornwall England68
13Devon England66
14Gwynedd Wales63
15North Yorkshire England60
2,398 England1,828 Scotland301 Wales250 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,790
Peak month
July
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Euthrix potatoria
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,628
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lasiocampidae
Genus
Euthrix
Name with authority
Euthrix potatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
39

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q261060 · GBIF 1734453