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Toothed Pondskater

Gerris odontogaster

1,785Records since 2000
MayPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb7
Mar71
Apr401
May406
Jun167
Jul134
Aug143
Sep260
Oct118
Nov21
Dec4

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Northamptonshire England254
2Norfolk England165
3Somerset England120
4Cambridgeshire England89
5Kent England79
6Doncaster England56
7Suffolk England51
8Fife Scotland51
9Worcestershire England42
10North Yorkshire England38
11East Riding of Yorkshire England37
12North Lincolnshire England36
13Essex England35
14Nottinghamshire England32
15Medway England32
1,578 England121 Scotland53 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,785
Peak month
May
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Gerris odontogaster
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Gerridae
Genus
Gerris
Name with authority
Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt, 1828)
Described
1828
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10504486 · GBIF 5758658