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Sixspot Cranefly

Limonia nubeculosa

7,283Records since 2000
MayPeak month
117Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan43
Feb61
Mar196
Apr689
May1,563
Jun968
Jul613
Aug559
Sep670
Oct735
Nov303
Dec119

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,171
2Devon England699
3Kent England358
4Highland Scotland240
5City of Edinburgh Scotland217
6Warrington England205
7Telford and Wrekin England178
8Norfolk England156
9Cambridgeshire England150
10Northamptonshire England135
11Argyll and Bute Scotland132
12Essex England120
13North Yorkshire England106
14Powys Wales90
15Gwynedd Wales89
5,459 England974 Scotland557 Wales65 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
7,283
Peak month
May
Counties with records
117
Scientific name
Limonia nubeculosa
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,923
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Limoniidae
Genus
Limonia
Name with authority
Limonia nubeculosa Meigen, 1804
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q141062 · GBIF 4519121