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Thistle Aphid

Brachycaudus cardui

91Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May13
Jun35
Jul38
Aug4
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England25
2Cornwall England17
3Liverpool England4
4Highland Scotland3
5East Lothian Scotland3
6York England3
7Suffolk England2
8Oxfordshire England2
9Norfolk England1
10Dorset England1
11Devon England1
12North Yorkshire England1
13Worcestershire England1
14Gloucestershire England1
15Cumbria England1
69 England5 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
91
Peak month
July
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Brachycaudus cardui
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Aphididae
Genus
Brachycaudus
Name with authority
Brachycaudus cardui Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10434154 · GBIF 2078564