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Floodwater Mosquito

Aedes vexans

101Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun2
Jul9
Aug67
Sep15
Oct1
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Doncaster England15
2Nottinghamshire England10
3Kent England4
4Norfolk England3
5Highland Scotland2
6North Yorkshire England2
7South Ayrshire Scotland2
8Bedford England2
9Oxfordshire England1
10Cornwall England1
11East Riding of Yorkshire England1
12Essex England1
13Devon England1
14Lincolnshire England1
15Somerset England1
17 England1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
101
Peak month
August
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Aedes vexans
Group
True flies
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae
Genus
Aedes
Name with authority
Aedes vexans (Meigen, 1830)
Described
1830

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q144273 · GBIF 1652274