🇮🇲Animals recorded in the Isle of Man

Which animals have been recorded in the Isle of Man? 3,421 occurrence records cover 509 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Dark Marbled Carpet, Common Swift, Pegoplata aestiva.

• 3,421 records
• 509 species
• 24 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Dark Marbled Carpet, Common Swift, Pegoplata aestiva. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in the Isle of Man

	Animal	Group	Records
	Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata	Insecta Geometridae	150
	Common Swift Apus apus	Aves Apodidae	147
	Pegoplata aestiva	Insecta Anthomyiidae	103
	Chevron Eulithis testata	Insecta Geometridae	91
	Pegoplata infirma	Insecta Anthomyiidae	82
	Mottled Beauty Alcis repandata	Insecta Geometridae	80
	Hylemya vagans	Insecta Anthomyiidae	79
	May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata	Insecta Geometridae	75
	Seedcorn Maggot Delia platura	Insecta Anthomyiidae	65
	Netted Pug Eupithecia venosata	Insecta Geometridae	55
	Fly Hylemya variata	Insecta Anthomyiidae	54
	Agabus bipustulatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	52
	Paradelia intersecta	Insecta Anthomyiidae	51
	Helophorus brevipalpis	Insecta Helophoridae	49
	Grey Pine Carpet Thera obeliscata	Insecta Geometridae	42
	Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata	Insecta Geometridae	30
	Hydroporus pubescens	Insecta Dytiscidae	29
	Hydroporus planus	Insecta Dytiscidae	29
	Haliplus ruficollis	Insecta Haliplidae	28
	Anthomyia liturata	Insecta Anthomyiidae	26
	Anacaena globula	Insecta Hydrophilidae	25
	Bean Seed Maggot Delia florilega	Insecta Anthomyiidae	25
	Hydroporus tessellatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	25
	Botanophila fugax	Insecta Anthomyiidae	24
	Limnebius truncatellus	Insecta Hydraenidae	24
	Hydroporus palustris	Insecta Dytiscidae	24
	Hydrobius fuscipes	Insecta Hydrophilidae	24
	Emperor Saturnia pavonia	Insecta Saturniidae	23
	Hydroporus erythrocephalus	Insecta Dytiscidae	23
	Hygrotus inaequalis	Insecta Dytiscidae	22
	Muscoid fly Fucellia fucorum	Insecta Anthomyiidae	21
	Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum	Insecta Sphingidae	21
	Cymbiodyta marginella	Insecta Hydrophilidae	21
	Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines	Insecta Pieridae	20
	Agabus nebulosus	Insecta Dytiscidae	20
	Hydroporus umbrosus	Insecta Dytiscidae	20
	Haliplus lineatocollis	Insecta Haliplidae	20
	Common European Whirligig Beetle Gyrinus substriatus	Insecta Gyrinidae	20
	Small White Pieris rapae	Insecta Pieridae	19
	Hydroporus striola	Insecta Dytiscidae	19
	Sturm's diving beetle Agabus sturmii	Insecta Dytiscidae	19
	large-grooved diving beetle Colymbetes fuscus	Insecta Dytiscidae	19
	Wall Lasiommata megera	Insecta Nymphalidae	18
	Hydroporus gyllenhalii	Insecta Dytiscidae	18
	Laccophilus minutus	Insecta Dytiscidae	17
	Hydroporus memnonius	Insecta Dytiscidae	17
	Egle ciliata	Insecta Anthomyiidae	17
	Liopterus haemorrhoidalis	Insecta Dytiscidae	17
	Ruddy Highflyer Hydriomena ruberata	Insecta Geometridae	16
	Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata	Insecta Geometridae	16
	grey seal Halichoerus grypus	Mammalia Phocidae	16
	sooty mud dweller Ilybius fuliginosus	Insecta Dytiscidae	16
	Dew Moth Setina irrorella	Insecta Erebidae	16
	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Insecta Nymphalidae	16
	Green-veined White Pieris napi	Insecta Pieridae	15
	spotted diving beetle Agabus guttatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	15
	Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Insecta Nymphalidae	14
	mud dweller Ilybius ater	Insecta Dytiscidae	14
	Black-bellied Great Diving-beetle Dytiscus semisulcatus	Insecta Dytiscidae	14
	Grayling [butterfly] Hipparchia semele	Insecta Nymphalidae	14