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Small Quaker

Orthosia cruda

4,464Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb130
Mar2,393
Apr1,471
May107
Jun15
Jul2
Aug3
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1West Berkshire England885
2Oxfordshire England475
3Worcestershire England257
4Argyll and Bute Scotland185
5Telford and Wrekin England85
6Suffolk England82
7Norfolk England69
8Surrey England66
9Bracknell Forest England66
10Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland50
11North Yorkshire England40
12Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland39
13Highland Scotland35
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland30
15Essex England21
3,976 England248 Scotland41 Wales170 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,464
Peak month
March
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Orthosia cruda
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,779
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Orthosia
Name with authority
Orthosia cruda (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11992983