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Garden dart

Euxoa nigricans

111Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May0
Jun1
Jul33
Aug51
Sep13
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England31
2Highland Scotland30
3Worcestershire England6
4Surrey England5
5Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
6Suffolk England4
7Moray Scotland4
8Cambridgeshire England3
9Dorset England2
10City of Edinburgh Scotland2
11Telford and Wrekin England2
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland2
13Norfolk England1
14North Yorkshire England1
15South Ayrshire Scotland1
62 England39 Scotland2 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
111
Peak month
August
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Euxoa nigricans
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
103
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Euxoa
Name with authority
Euxoa nigricans Linnaeus, 1761
Described
1761

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q248439 · GBIF 1773163