Species Detail - Common Backswimmer (Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Common Backswimmer
NHMSYS0020309523
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
nogla
Linnaeus, 1758
Insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
17
15
13
21/05/2010
20/08/2022
3 January (recorded in 2000)
1 December (recorded in 1997)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Backswimmer (Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca), accessed 28 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/85394