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Large Nutmeg

Apamea anceps

1,502Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May345
Jun1,023
Jul117
Aug4
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England620
2West Berkshire England81
3Cambridgeshire England72
4Rutland England32
5Essex England10
6Bath and North East Somerset England9
7Norfolk England8
8Worcestershire England8
9Suffolk England6
10Lincolnshire England1
11Northamptonshire England1
12Pembrokeshire Wales1
13Doncaster England1
14Medway England1
15Bracknell Forest England1
1,491 England1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,502
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Apamea anceps
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,433
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Apamea
Name with authority
Apamea anceps (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8007222