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Midge

Chironomus riparius

426Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb55
Mar44
Apr102
May85
Jun23
Jul29
Aug14
Sep6
Oct9
Nov35
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Thurrock England68
2Cambridgeshire England38
3Somerset England36
4Lincolnshire England33
5Suffolk England24
6North Lincolnshire England17
7Essex England16
8Oxfordshire England10
9Dorset England10
10City of Edinburgh Scotland10
11Carmarthenshire Wales10
12North Yorkshire England5
13Doncaster England5
14Wrexham Wales3
15Norfolk England2
203 England10 Scotland11 Wales1 Northern Ireland

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
426
Peak month
April
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Chironomus riparius
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
226
Most recorded in
Thurrock
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Chironomus
Name with authority
Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804
Described
1804

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1074763 · GBIF 1448237