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White worm

Octolasion lacteum

304Records since 2000
JunePeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb14
Mar27
Apr34
May36
Jun39
Jul11
Aug18
Sep12
Oct31
Nov18
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England33
2Bristol, City of England14
3Highland Scotland13
4Oxfordshire England10
5North Yorkshire England9
6West Berkshire England9
7Cumbria England6
8Falkirk Scotland6
9Redcar and Cleveland England6
10Surrey England5
11South Lanarkshire Scotland5
12Cambridgeshire England4
13Gloucestershire England4
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
15Herefordshire, County of England4
237 England55 Scotland6 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
304
Peak month
June
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Octolasion lacteum
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
305
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Clitellata
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Octolasion
Name with authority
Octolasion lacteum (Örley, 1881)
Described
1881

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q49629603 · GBIF 4410647