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Gerris thoracicus

675Records since 2000
MayPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar15
Apr101
May161
Jun104
Jul56
Aug71
Sep86
Oct53
Nov2
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Fife Scotland49
2Cambridgeshire England37
3North Yorkshire England35
4Northamptonshire England33
5Somerset England26
6Nottinghamshire England24
7Suffolk England22
8East Riding of Yorkshire England21
9North Lincolnshire England20
10Worcestershire England18
11Isle of Anglesey Wales18
12Kent England15
13Doncaster England15
14Perth and Kinross Scotland12
15Surrey England10
526 England82 Scotland55 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
675
Peak month
May
Counties with records
60
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Gerridae
Genus
Gerris
Name with authority
Gerris thoracicus Schummel, 1832
Described
1832
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10504488 · GBIF 5758661