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Juniper carpet

Thera juniperata

250Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May1
Jun3
Jul0
Aug1
Sep10
Oct162
Nov45
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England23
2Highland Scotland17
3Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland6
4Oxfordshire England5
5Sefton England4
6Cheshire East England3
7Surrey England2
8Rutland England2
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
11Telford and Wrekin England2
12West Berkshire England1
13Perth and Kinross Scotland1
14Sandwell England1
224 England16 Scotland2 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
250
Peak month
October
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Thera juniperata
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
210
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Thera
Name with authority
Thera juniperata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1268127 · GBIF 5148462