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Woolly Apple Aphid

Eriosoma lanigerum

286Records since 2000
JunePeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb6
Mar9
Apr25
May56
Jun66
Jul40
Aug17
Sep16
Oct17
Nov20
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England27
2Isle of Wight England23
3York England15
4North Yorkshire England11
5Kent England8
6East Riding of Yorkshire England7
7Oxfordshire England5
8Surrey England5
9Dorset England5
10Lincolnshire England4
11Somerset England4
12Sefton England4
13Cambridgeshire England3
14Norfolk England3
15Suffolk England3
264 England6 Scotland11 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
286
Peak month
June
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Eriosoma lanigerum
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
249
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Aphididae
Genus
Eriosoma
Name with authority
Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann, 1802)
Described
1802

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q618315 · GBIF 2075983