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Yellow-tail

Euproctis similis

2,710Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May74
Jun265
Jul1,450
Aug522
Sep49
Oct7
Nov12
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England505
2West Berkshire England492
3Worcestershire England269
4Cambridgeshire England136
5Suffolk England94
6Surrey England75
7Kent England71
8Norfolk England48
9Rutland England45
10Ards and North Down Northern Ireland35
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland33
12Isle of Anglesey Wales22
13Bracknell Forest England20
14Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland20
15Telford and Wrekin England19
2,496 England76 Wales122 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
2,710
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Euproctis similis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,731
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Euproctis
Name with authority
Euproctis similis (Fuessly, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25767 · GBIF 1821911