Garden Tiger

Arctia caja

2,881Records since 2000

JulyPeak month

80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2

Feb2

Mar8

Apr91

May285

Jun371

Jul1,375

Aug546

Sep54

Oct8

Nov1

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	880
2	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	379
3	Highland	Scotland	283
4	Worcestershire	England	108
5	Cambridgeshire	England	106
6	Oxfordshire	England	83
7	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	83
8	Suffolk	England	66
9	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	61
10	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	53
11	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	39
12	Norfolk	England	38
13	North Yorkshire	England	30
14	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	22
15	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig	Northern Ireland	22

713 England1,728 Scotland118 Wales319 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 2,881
Peak month: July
Counties with records: 80
Scientific name: Arctia caja
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 2,378
Most recorded in: Na h-Eileanan Siar, Argyll and Bute, Highland, Worcestershire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Causeway Coast and Glens, Suffolk, Fermanagh and Omagh, Newry, Mourne and Down
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: Erebidae
Genus: Arctia
Name with authority: Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 35