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Simulium ornatum

283Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar35
Apr47
May31
Jun2
Jul12
Aug7
Sep73
Oct65
Nov2
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Pembrokeshire Wales45
2Ceredigion Wales22
3Powys Wales19
4Carmarthenshire Wales18
5Gwynedd Wales14
6Denbighshire Wales13
7Worcestershire England12
8Monmouthshire Wales10
9Wrexham Wales10
10Conwy Wales9
11Isle of Anglesey Wales8
12Norfolk England6
13Herefordshire, County of England6
14Cambridgeshire England5
15Oxfordshire England4
37 England3 Scotland209 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
283
Peak month
September
Counties with records
25
Group
True flies
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Simuliidae
Genus
Simulium
Name with authority
Simulium ornatum Meigen, 1818
Described
1818

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 4789377