When it is recorded
Jan3
Feb8
Mar7
Apr7
May48
Jun42
Jul35
Aug105
Sep98
Oct31
Nov12
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essex | England | 79 | |
| 2 | Gloucestershire | England | 46 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 36 | |
| 4 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 31 | |
| 5 | Thurrock | England | 21 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 10 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 10 | |
| 8 | Portsmouth | England | 9 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 8 | |
| 10 | Swansea | Wales | 7 | |
| 11 | Isle of Wight | England | 6 | |
| 12 | Somerset | England | 4 | |
| 13 | Isles of Scilly | England | 4 | |
| 14 | Suffolk | England | 3 | |
| 15 | Oxfordshire | England | 3 |
409 England47 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 456
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 29
- Scientific name
- Forficula lesnei
- Also known as
- Lesne’s Earwig
- Group
- Other insects
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 457
- Most recorded in
- Essex
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Dermaptera
- Family
- Forficulidae
- Genus
- Forficula
- Name with authority
- Forficula lesnei Finot, 1887
- Described
- 1887
- Contributing datasets
- 8
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5469553 · GBIF 4393018