White Ermine

Spilosoma lubricipeda

7,356Records since 2000

JunePeak month

88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb1

Mar3

Apr60

May2,295

Jun3,524

Jul743

Aug199

Sep75

Oct11

Nov9

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	915
2	Oxfordshire	England	728
3	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	582
4	West Berkshire	England	534
5	Worcestershire	England	368
6	Highland	Scotland	365
7	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	288
8	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	244
9	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	160
10	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	127
11	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	113
12	Norfolk	England	111
13	North Yorkshire	England	108
14	Cambridgeshire	England	105
15	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	79

3,891 England2,031 Scotland184 Wales1,221 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 7,356
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 88
Scientific name: Spilosoma lubricipeda
Group: Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 6,274
Most recorded in: Argyll and Bute, Oxfordshire, Na h-Eileanan Siar, West Berkshire, Worcestershire, Highland, Causeway Coast and Glens, Newry, Mourne and Down, Ards and North Down, Fermanagh and Omagh, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Norfolk +10
Conservation designations: Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Spilosoma
Name with authority: Spilosoma lubricipeda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 34