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Ephemera vulgata

290Records since 2000
MayPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar6
Apr42
May133
Jun74
Jul13
Aug2
Sep10
Oct6
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England27
2Suffolk England18
3Monmouthshire Wales18
4Powys Wales15
5Oxfordshire England14
6Kent England13
7Norfolk England12
8Essex England12
9North Yorkshire England6
10York England6
11West Berkshire England5
12Bedford England5
13Wrexham Wales4
14Cheshire East England3
15Bath and North East Somerset England3
199 England1 Scotland53 Wales

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
290
Peak month
May
Counties with records
29
Group
Mayflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
133
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Ephemeroptera
Family
Ephemeridae
Genus
Ephemera
Name with authority
Ephemera vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q363620 · GBIF 5864880