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Green Drake

Ephemera danica

1,718Records since 2000
MayPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan153
Feb14
Mar208
Apr293
May338
Jun125
Jul74
Aug50
Sep206
Oct180
Nov49
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales191
2Oxfordshire England168
3Monmouthshire Wales160
4Worcestershire England104
5Pembrokeshire Wales95
6Wrexham Wales76
7Carmarthenshire Wales57
8Herefordshire, County of England49
9Denbighshire Wales38
10Norfolk England32
11Surrey England30
12Swansea Wales30
13Kent England23
14Gloucestershire England22
15North Yorkshire England17
548 England34 Scotland829 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,718
Peak month
May
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Ephemera danica
Group
Mayflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,200
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Ephemeroptera
Family
Ephemeridae
Genus
Ephemera
Name with authority
Ephemera danica Müller, 1764
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q912420 · GBIF 5716472