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Simulium aureum

125Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May9
Jun1
Jul8
Aug7
Sep53
Oct31
Nov9
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales38
2Highland Scotland20
3Worcestershire England8
4Gwynedd Wales8
5Monmouthshire Wales8
6Ceredigion Wales3
7Carmarthenshire Wales3
8Pembrokeshire Wales2
9Aberdeenshire Scotland2
10Perth and Kinross Scotland2
11Scottish Borders Scotland2
12Isle of Anglesey Wales2
13Orkney Islands Scotland2
14Moray Scotland2
15Denbighshire Wales2
12 England16 Scotland82 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
125
Peak month
September
Counties with records
21
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
111
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Simuliidae
Genus
Simulium
Name with authority
Simulium aureum (Fries, 1824)
Described
1824

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14254389 · GBIF 1643883