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Simulium equinum

166Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar9
Apr9
May21
Jun8
Jul27
Aug8
Sep65
Oct18
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales17
2Denbighshire Wales16
3Monmouthshire Wales14
4Ceredigion Wales11
5Herefordshire, County of England8
6Gwynedd Wales7
7Wrexham Wales7
8Worcestershire England6
9Carmarthenshire Wales6
10Oxfordshire England5
11Norfolk England4
12Pembrokeshire Wales4
13Scottish Borders Scotland4
14Kent England3
15North Yorkshire England3
18 England5 Scotland104 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
166
Peak month
September
Counties with records
22
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
133
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Simuliidae
Genus
Simulium
Name with authority
Simulium equinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14257341 · GBIF 1644779