Water Carpet

Lampropteryx suffumata

1,359Records since 2000

MayPeak month

60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb5

Mar102

Apr449

May563

Jun95

Jul8

Aug7

Sep0

Oct0

Nov0

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	214
2	Highland	Scotland	159
3	Worcestershire	England	111
4	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	101
5	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	88
6	West Berkshire	England	48
7	Oxfordshire	England	33
8	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	33
9	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig	Northern Ireland	32
10	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	29
11	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	27
12	Cornwall	England	26
13	Devon	England	24
14	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	23
15	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	23

469 England504 Scotland30 Wales338 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 1,359
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 60
Scientific name: Lampropteryx suffumata
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 1,213
Most recorded in: Argyll and Bute, Highland, Worcestershire, Newry, Mourne and Down, Causeway Coast and Glens
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Lampropteryx
Name with authority: Lampropteryx suffumata (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Described: 1775
Contributing datasets: 26