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Short-winged cranefly

Tipula pagana

1,252Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May10
Jun8
Jul9
Aug13
Sep122
Oct841
Nov171
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England111
2Highland Scotland76
3Northamptonshire England49
4North Yorkshire England47
5City of Edinburgh Scotland44
6Devon England40
7Cambridgeshire England35
8Norfolk England34
9Warrington England34
10Argyll and Bute Scotland32
11Essex England25
12Kent England22
13Orkney Islands Scotland22
14Cumbria England20
15Pembrokeshire Wales20
832 England251 Scotland119 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,252
Peak month
October
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Tipula pagana
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,173
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Tipula
Name with authority
Tipula pagana Meigen, 1818
Described
1818
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2670005 · GBIF 1506067