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Orange-sided comb-horn

Ctenophora pectinicornis

520Records since 2000
MayPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar0
Apr8
May273
Jun194
Jul6
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England46
2Northamptonshire England23
3Nottinghamshire England20
4Devon England19
5North Yorkshire England16
6Norfolk England13
7Surrey England12
8Herefordshire, County of England12
9Oxfordshire England11
10Cambridgeshire England10
11Cumbria England10
12Gloucestershire England9
13Sheffield England9
14Gwynedd Wales8
15Cornwall England7
481 England4 Scotland33 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
520
Peak month
May
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Ctenophora pectinicornis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
474
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Ctenophora
Name with authority
Ctenophora pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2774517 · GBIF 5064369