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Simulium erythrocephalum

166Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar38
Apr9
May18
Jun30
Jul44
Aug3
Sep15
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England13
2Powys Wales10
3Gwynedd Wales6
4Wrexham Wales6
5Monmouthshire Wales4
6Norfolk England3
7Trafford England3
8Herefordshire, County of England3
9North Yorkshire England2
10Cheshire East England2
11Carmarthenshire Wales2
12Denbighshire Wales2
13Cornwall England1
14Worcestershire England1
15Doncaster England1
48 England41 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
166
Peak month
July
Counties with records
16
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
93
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Simuliidae
Genus
Simulium
Name with authority
Simulium erythrocephalum (De Geer, 1776)
Described
1776

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14254131 · GBIF 1645451