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Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

2,079Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
75Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb30
Mar49
Apr37
May200
Jun296
Jul189
Aug371
Sep451
Oct311
Nov40
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland308
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland306
3Argyll and Bute Scotland292
4Worcestershire England89
5Devon England59
6Suffolk England52
7Cornwall England44
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland40
9West Berkshire England35
10Cumbria England32
11Kent England28
12Dorset England27
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland26
14Gwynedd Wales25
15Aberdeenshire Scotland23
705 England1,119 Scotland135 Wales114 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,079
Peak month
September
Counties with records
75
Scientific name
Macrothylacia rubi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,393
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lasiocampidae
Genus
Macrothylacia
Name with authority
Macrothylacia rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q926409 · GBIF 1732416