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Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

490Records since 2000
MayPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb23
Mar53
Apr71
May76
Jun54
Jul53
Aug52
Sep32
Oct21
Nov21
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England20
2Norfolk England15
3Kent England14
4Herefordshire, County of England13
5Cambridgeshire England12
6Oxfordshire England10
7Devon England10
8York England10
9Highland Scotland9
10North Yorkshire England9
11Sheffield England9
12Worcestershire England8
13Brighton and Hove England8
14Cornwall England7
15Powys Wales7
432 England17 Scotland35 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
490
Peak month
May
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Lepisma saccharinum
Group
Other insects
NBN Atlas records since 2000
393
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Zygentoma
Family
Lepismatidae
Genus
Lepisma
Name with authority
Lepisma saccharinum Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26842 · GBIF 1421091