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Lesser Earwig

Labia minor

319Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar8
Apr9
May31
Jun38
Jul60
Aug69
Sep53
Oct14
Nov4
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England25
2Worcestershire England24
3Gloucestershire England22
4Suffolk England13
5Norfolk England12
6Oxfordshire England9
7Somerset England7
8Dorset England6
9Devon England5
10Surrey England4
11Nottinghamshire England4
12York England4
13Cornwall England3
14Kent England2
15Essex England2
289 England28 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
319
Peak month
August
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Labia minor
Group
Other insects
NBN Atlas records since 2000
315
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Dermaptera
Family
Spongiphoridae
Genus
Labia
Name with authority
Labia minor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2228010 · GBIF 1419851