Insects around Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Edinburgh (55° to 60° latitude, -5° to 0° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all insects records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
No insects arrived here in these weeks last year, as far as the records show.
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis | 94 | 149.0 |
| Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria | 31 | 49.1 |
| Sevenspotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata | 21 | 33.3 |
| Painted Lady Vanessa cardui | 16 | 25.4 |
| Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta | 14 | 22.2 |
| Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | 13 | 20.6 |
| Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa | 13 | 20.6 |
| Common European Yellowjacket Vespula vulgaris | 12 | 19.0 |
| Peacock Aglais io | 11 | 17.4 |
| Tapered Drone Fly Eristalis pertinax | 10 | 15.8 |
| Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum | 9 | 14.3 |
| Silver Y Autographa gamma | 9 | 14.3 |
| 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata | 8 | 12.7 |
| Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus | 8 | 12.7 |
| Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba | 8 | 12.7 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 5 of the last 12 weeks for insects (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 101 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.