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Lobster Moth

Stauropus fagi

678Records since 2000
JunePeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr27
May79
Jun310
Jul124
Aug20
Sep6
Oct1
Nov6
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England176
2Worcestershire England92
3Oxfordshire England77
4Bracknell Forest England36
5Kent England32
6Norfolk England21
7Devon England13
8Conwy Wales9
9Dorset England8
10Bath and North East Somerset England8
11Suffolk England7
12Surrey England7
13Essex England6
14Cornwall England5
15Somerset England5
643 England29 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
678
Peak month
June
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Stauropus fagi
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
614
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Notodontidae
Genus
Stauropus
Name with authority
Stauropus fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q998246 · GBIF 5118996