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Smooth Needle Fly

Leuctra inermis

2,645Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb3
Mar381
Apr1,139
May588
Jun49
Jul46
Aug14
Sep212
Oct102
Nov94
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales594
2Gwynedd Wales336
3Ceredigion Wales258
4Carmarthenshire Wales173
5Conwy Wales127
6Aberdeenshire Scotland116
7Highland Scotland97
8Pembrokeshire Wales90
9Denbighshire Wales70
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland68
11Perth and Kinross Scotland51
12Monmouthshire Wales49
13Worcestershire England39
14Wrexham Wales29
15South Ayrshire Scotland27
51 England471 Scotland2,035 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,645
Peak month
April
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Leuctra inermis
Group
Stoneflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,576
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Plecoptera
Family
Leuctridae
Genus
Leuctra
Name with authority
Leuctra inermis Kempny, 1899
Described
1899
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10560466 · GBIF 2001864