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Small Dark Olive

Baetis scambus

1,117Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar10
Apr127
May301
Jun59
Jul63
Aug50
Sep381
Oct112
Nov8
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales266
2Carmarthenshire Wales105
3Ceredigion Wales99
4Gwynedd Wales77
5Monmouthshire Wales61
6Pembrokeshire Wales43
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland32
8Worcestershire England31
9Wrexham Wales31
10Conwy Wales27
11Herefordshire, County of England25
12Aberdeenshire Scotland21
13Isle of Anglesey Wales20
14Denbighshire Wales18
15Scottish Borders Scotland14
81 England109 Scotland911 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,117
Peak month
September
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Baetis scambus
Group
Mayflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,109
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Ephemeroptera
Family
Baetidae
Genus
Baetis
Name with authority
Baetis scambus Eaton, 1870
Described
1870
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2878878 · GBIF 4481160