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Limnophyes asquamatus

396Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar4
Apr6
May49
Jun22
Jul87
Aug41
Sep154
Oct6
Nov24
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Ayrshire Scotland298
2Perth and Kinross Scotland41
3Highland Scotland9
4Carmarthenshire Wales9
5North Yorkshire England8
6Argyll and Bute Scotland7
7Devon England4
8Dorset England3
9Midlothian Scotland3
10Essex England2
11Gwynedd Wales2
12Aberdeenshire Scotland1

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
396
Peak month
September
Counties with records
12
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
422
Most recorded in
East Ayrshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Limnophyes
Name with authority
Limnophyes asquamatus Saether, 1975
Described
1975

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13851049 · GBIF 1454563