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Limnephilus sparsus

2,118Records since 2000
MayPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb15
Mar20
Apr92
May466
Jun280
Jul260
Aug449
Sep353
Oct115
Nov5
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland150
2Argyll and Bute Scotland135
3Highland Scotland124
4Surrey England109
5Norfolk England89
6Devon England82
7Cumbria England70
8Cambridgeshire England66
9North Yorkshire England54
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland43
11Aberdeenshire Scotland38
12Isle of Wight England31
13Powys Wales28
14Worcestershire England26
15Essex England23
1,288 England600 Scotland181 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,118
Peak month
May
Counties with records
83
Group
Caddisflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,047
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Limnephilidae
Genus
Limnephilus
Name with authority
Limnephilus sparsus Curtis, 1834
Described
1834
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2161140 · GBIF 1442627