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Red Worm

Lumbricus rubellus

1,748Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan60
Feb60
Mar110
Apr181
May185
Jun161
Jul74
Aug56
Sep90
Oct273
Nov142
Dec108

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England171
2Highland Scotland65
3West Berkshire England62
4Dorset England49
5Devon England49
6Cumbria England40
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland39
8Aberdeen City Scotland35
9Aberdeenshire Scotland34
10East Riding of Yorkshire England26
11Surrey England24
12Perth and Kinross Scotland24
13Scottish Borders Scotland22
14Moray Scotland22
15Oxfordshire England21
1,344 England363 Scotland27 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,748
Peak month
October
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Lumbricus rubellus
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,730
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Lumbricus
Name with authority
Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843
Described
1843
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1721412 · GBIF 4410669