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German Scorpionfly

Panorpa germanica

1,073Records since 2000
MayPeak month
81Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr63
May395
Jun317
Jul100
Aug113
Sep35
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland61
2Worcestershire England32
3Kent England30
4Essex England28
5Argyll and Bute Scotland27
6Suffolk England22
7Cambridgeshire England21
8Surrey England21
9North Yorkshire England21
10Norfolk England20
11Oxfordshire England18
12Cornwall England18
13Devon England15
14Somerset England15
15Dorset England14
740 England194 Scotland103 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,073
Peak month
May
Counties with records
81
Scientific name
Panorpa germanica
Group
Other insects
NBN Atlas records since 2000
276
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Mecoptera
Family
Panorpidae
Genus
Panorpa
Name with authority
Panorpa germanica Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q766821 · GBIF 5742496