Cinnabar

Tyria jacobaeae

(Linnaeus, 1758)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Unassessed

Statistics

Occurrences

2,974 since 2000 3,855 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

502 since 2000 537 all time

Earliest occurrence

1900

Latest occurrence

2024

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

Threatened species recovery actions

Actions from Threatened Species Recovery Actions 2025 Baseline published by Natural England.

Untargeted habitat management

This species would benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages

References

Wilkins, T.C., Baker, T.G, Hipperson-Jervis, C. and Thompson, M. (2025). Threatened Species Recovery Actions 2025 Baseline Version 1.1 - Spreadsheet. Joint Publication JP065. Natural England and partners, UK. https://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/6106216194113536

Data sources

Local species recorders

Biological Records Centre. iRecord (CC-BY). Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Buglife.

Lapwings Consultants.

Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership (now the GLNP).

Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Ministry of Justice. MoJ BioBlitz April - May 2017. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Natural England. Invertebrate Common Standards Monitoring and ISIS Test Data. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Sorby Natural History Society.

Sustainable Caistor.

Upper Witham IDB.

Cite this page

GLNP (2026). Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus, 1758) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000009327 (Accessed 07 July 2026).