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Pill Millipede

Glomeris marginata

787Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb24
Mar76
Apr163
May127
Jun105
Jul43
Aug48
Sep48
Oct47
Nov44
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England46
2Bristol, City of England41
3Dorset England24
4Gwynedd Wales24
5Cambridgeshire England22
6Essex England20
7Devon England18
8Surrey England17
9Worcestershire England17
10North Yorkshire England15
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland14
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland14
13Scottish Borders Scotland12
14Powys Wales11
15Cornwall England10
545 England50 Scotland100 Wales68 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
787
Peak month
April
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Glomeris marginata
Group
Millipedes
NBN Atlas records since 2000
423
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Order
Glomerida
Family
Glomeridae
Genus
Glomeris
Name with authority
Glomeris marginata (Villers, 1789)
Described
1789
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1510105 · GBIF 9728038