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Oak Eggar

Lasiocampa quercus

1,652Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb5
Mar23
Apr80
May287
Jun406
Jul459
Aug239
Sep33
Oct28
Nov10
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland285
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland147
3Argyll and Bute Scotland136
4Worcestershire England80
5Devon England61
6Suffolk England55
7Perth and Kinross Scotland48
8Cornwall England40
9Kent England37
10Gwynedd Wales33
11Pembrokeshire Wales30
12North Yorkshire England27
13Aberdeenshire Scotland25
14Isle of Anglesey Wales25
15Cumbria England23
682 England726 Scotland162 Wales74 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,652
Peak month
July
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Lasiocampa quercus
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
582
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lasiocampidae
Genus
Lasiocampa
Name with authority
Lasiocampa quercus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q261053 · GBIF 1734826