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Small Eggar

Eriogaster lanestris

158Records since 2000
MayPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar5
Apr2
May68
Jun48
Jul9
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland32
2Worcestershire England23
3Cambridgeshire England15
4Dorset England15
5Somerset England12
6Oxfordshire England11
7Rutland England10
8Bristol, City of England9
9Devon England3
10North Yorkshire England3
11Northamptonshire England3
12Suffolk England2
13Kent England2
14Essex England2
15Norfolk England1
124 England34 Northern Ireland

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
158
Peak month
May
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Eriogaster lanestris
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
103
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lasiocampidae
Genus
Eriogaster
Name with authority
Eriogaster lanestris Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q179287 · GBIF 4525266