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Orchesella villosa

336Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb16
Mar39
Apr25
May22
Jun9
Jul8
Aug6
Sep6
Oct8
Nov11
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England138
2Telford and Wrekin England29
3Cambridgeshire England6
4Devon England6
5Surrey England3
6Somerset England2
7Rutland England2
8Sefton England1
9Fife Scotland1
10Belfast Northern Ireland1
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland1
12Falkirk Scotland1
327 England2 Scotland5 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
336
Peak month
March
Counties with records
12
Group
Springtails
NBN Atlas records since 2000
842
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Collembola
Order
Entomobryomorpha
Family
Orchesellidae
Genus
Orchesella
Name with authority
Orchesella villosa (Geoffroy, 1762)
Described
1762

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9217813