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Spotted Crane Fly

Nephrotoma appendiculata

2,905Records since 2000
MayPeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan14
Feb1
Mar0
Apr276
May1,804
Jun460
Jul120
Aug23
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England323
2Kent England200
3Northamptonshire England177
4Cambridgeshire England159
5Essex England88
6Norfolk England87
7Oxfordshire England76
8Suffolk England66
9Lincolnshire England58
10Telford and Wrekin England58
11Thurrock England44
12North Yorkshire England40
13Surrey England38
14Gloucestershire England35
15York England35
2,740 England68 Scotland76 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,905
Peak month
May
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Nephrotoma appendiculata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,644
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Nephrotoma
Name with authority
Nephrotoma appendiculata (Pierre, 1919)
Described
1919
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1616483 · GBIF 1508996