Insects around Manchester
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Manchester (50° to 55° 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
- Cream-streaked Ladybird around 17 November
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba | 179 | 40.5 |
| Seven-spotted Lady Beetle Coccinella septempunctata | 161 | 36.4 |
| Square-spot Rustic Xestia xanthographa | 159 | 36.0 |
| Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis | 158 | 35.7 |
| Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum | 115 | 26.0 |
| Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria | 108 | 24.4 |
| Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax | 98 | 22.2 |
| Lesser Yellow Underwing Noctua comes | 84 | 19.0 |
| Marmalade Hover Fly Episyrphus balteatus | 76 | 17.2 |
| Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas | 72 | 16.3 |
| Clouded Yellow Colias croceus | 66 | 14.9 |
| Sloe Bug Dolycoris baccarum | 59 | 13.3 |
| Sun Fly Helophilus pendulus | 57 | 12.9 |
| Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta | 57 | 12.9 |
| Ivy Bee Colletes hederae | 53 | 12.0 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 6 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: 338 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.