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Spotted backswimmer

Notonecta maculata

655Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb14
Mar29
Apr34
May35
Jun27
Jul95
Aug76
Sep173
Oct86
Nov32
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England32
2Northamptonshire England31
3Suffolk England20
4Cambridgeshire England19
5Surrey England17
6Powys Wales17
7Norfolk England16
8Worcestershire England15
9Bristol, City of England15
10Kent England11
11Devon England11
12Nottinghamshire England11
13Sheffield England11
14Cornwall England9
15Cumbria England9
595 England4 Scotland50 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
655
Peak month
September
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Notonecta maculata
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Notonectidae
Genus
Notonecta
Name with authority
Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794
Described
1794
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7063220 · GBIF 2020518