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Metriocnemus picipes

440Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb12
Mar136
Apr74
May24
Jun79
Jul44
Aug11
Sep37
Oct19
Nov2
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales146
2Aberdeenshire Scotland26
3Midlothian Scotland18
4Devon England17
5Highland Scotland16
6Argyll and Bute Scotland16
7North Yorkshire England15
8City of Edinburgh Scotland14
9East Ayrshire Scotland8
10Cambridgeshire England6
11Perth and Kinross Scotland6
12Dorset England4
13Somerset England4
14Milton Keynes England4
15Aberdeen City Scotland4
59 England92 Scotland75 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
440
Peak month
March
Counties with records
25
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
240
Most recorded in
Carmarthenshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Metriocnemus
Name with authority
Metriocnemus picipes (Meigen, 1818)
Described
1818

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13850766 · GBIF 1450166