Common Green Colonel

Oplodontha viridula

(Fabricius, 1775)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

reed-fen 107 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

93 since 2000 119 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

35 since 2000 50 all time

Earliest occurrence

1976

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.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Buglife.

Environment Agency. Biosys Extract - Fenland Natural Area 1990-2011. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Lapwings Consultants.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Natural Resources Wales. Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme. Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme - data verified via iRecord. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Oplodontha viridula (Fabricius, 1775) 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=NBNORG0000010109 (Accessed 08 November 2025).