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Tipula oleracea

4,355Records since 2000
MayPeak month
111Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb9
Mar37
Apr459
May1,200
Jun766
Jul545
Aug491
Sep420
Oct129
Nov23
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England361
2Devon England174
3Kent England172
4Warrington England160
5Northamptonshire England157
6Cambridgeshire England137
7Norfolk England135
8Cumbria England91
9Pembrokeshire Wales91
10Argyll and Bute Scotland87
11Essex England85
12Isle of Anglesey Wales81
13Surrey England70
14Telford and Wrekin England70
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland69
3,366 England418 Scotland444 Wales40 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 111 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,355
Peak month
May
Counties with records
111
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,147
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Tipula
Name with authority
Tipula oleracea Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q651615 · GBIF 1506056