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Northern House Mosquito

Culex pipiens

1,791Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
64Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan56
Feb66
Mar60
Apr143
May57
Jun144
Jul562
Aug181
Sep278
Oct120
Nov64
Dec51

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England246
2Devon England193
3Isle of Anglesey Wales91
4Warrington England85
5Somerset England84
6Kent England70
7Dorset England64
8Surrey England59
9Conwy Wales33
10Essex England32
11Thurrock England29
12Medway England24
13Cambridgeshire England23
14Gloucestershire England21
15Highland Scotland18
627 England37 Scotland142 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 64 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,791
Peak month
July
Counties with records
64
Scientific name
Culex pipiens
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
360
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae
Genus
Culex
Name with authority
Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27958 · GBIF 1652991