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Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Macroglossum stellatarum

2,107Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb8
Mar14
Apr28
May43
Jun355
Jul553
Aug509
Sep287
Oct82
Nov11
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England219
2Worcestershire England189
3West Berkshire England124
4Cambridgeshire England42
5Rutland England38
6Devon England37
7Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland37
8Kent England36
9Norfolk England34
10Cornwall England28
11Somerset England27
12Telford and Wrekin England26
13Dorset England25
14Highland Scotland25
15Gwynedd Wales25
1,715 England100 Scotland123 Wales161 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,107
Peak month
July
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Macroglossum stellatarum
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,560
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Macroglossum
Name with authority
Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q369034 · GBIF 1864652