Species Detail - Common Pondskater (Gerris (Gerris) lacustris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Gerris (Gerris) lacustris
Common Pondskater
NHMSYS0020309255 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
gelac
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
21
15
13
21/05/2010
24/05/2014
28 March (recorded in 1894)
4 November (recorded in 1978)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Pondskater (Gerris (Gerris) lacustris), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/85126

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)