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River Skater

Aquarius najas

386Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar15
Apr65
May40
Jun29
Jul41
Aug37
Sep85
Oct39
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales40
2Somerset England39
3Worcestershire England35
4Devon England29
5Gwynedd Wales26
6Ceredigion Wales25
7Cornwall England23
8Carmarthenshire Wales10
9Pembrokeshire Wales9
10Conwy Wales9
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland7
12Denbighshire Wales7
13Herefordshire, County of England5
14Monmouthshire Wales5
15Surrey England4
212 England10 Scotland153 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
386
Peak month
September
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Aquarius najas
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
330
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Gerridae
Genus
Aquarius
Name with authority
Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773)
Described
1773

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5552541 · GBIF 5866107