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Early Needle Fly

Leuctra hippopus

1,872Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb16
Mar382
Apr458
May171
Jun32
Jul54
Aug42
Sep232
Oct241
Nov214
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales268
2Gwynedd Wales241
3Conwy Wales165
4Denbighshire Wales107
5Highland Scotland104
6Ceredigion Wales100
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland92
8Aberdeenshire Scotland69
9Carmarthenshire Wales65
10Isle of Anglesey Wales53
11Monmouthshire Wales45
12Worcestershire England40
13Perth and Kinross Scotland37
14Pembrokeshire Wales34
15Wrexham Wales30
76 England411 Scotland1,288 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,872
Peak month
April
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Leuctra hippopus
Group
Stoneflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,794
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Leuctridae
Genus
Leuctra
Name with authority
Leuctra hippopus Kempny, 1899
Described
1899
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10560460 · GBIF 2001976