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Yellow spotted sedge

Philopotamus montanus

2,862Records since 2000
MayPeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb37
Mar193
Apr341
May389
Jun282
Jul349
Aug219
Sep325
Oct291
Nov88
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England556
2Gwynedd Wales273
3Highland Scotland212
4Devon England198
5Powys Wales188
6Cornwall England146
7Argyll and Bute Scotland93
8Denbighshire Wales93
9Conwy Wales87
10Pembrokeshire Wales80
11North Yorkshire England74
12Ceredigion Wales74
13Dumfries and Galloway Scotland64
14Worcestershire England57
15Somerset England54
1,320 England515 Scotland974 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,862
Peak month
May
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Philopotamus montanus
Group
Caddisflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,783
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Trichoptera
Family
Philopotamidae
Genus
Philopotamus
Name with authority
Philopotamus montanus (Donovan, 1813)
Described
1813
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1637132 · GBIF 1431748