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Heart and Dart

Agrotis exclamationis

17,584Records since 2000
JunePeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr51
May2,816
Jun8,506
Jul4,489
Aug785
Sep139
Oct14
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England2,208
2West Berkshire England1,778
3Worcestershire England635
4Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland394
5Argyll and Bute Scotland339
6Bracknell Forest England259
7Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland253
8Sefton England250
9Cheshire East England219
10Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland206
11Norfolk England188
12Essex England182
13Telford and Wrekin England166
14Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland164
15Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland160
14,962 England739 Scotland307 Wales1,539 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
17,584
Peak month
June
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Agrotis exclamationis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
14,456
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Agrotis
Name with authority
Agrotis exclamationis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q771090 · GBIF 1771214