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A Hoverfly

Sphegina sibirica

341Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May69
Jun222
Jul29
Aug6
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales69
2Highland Scotland42
3Perth and Kinross Scotland22
4Argyll and Bute Scotland17
5Worcestershire England13
6Cumbria England11
7Powys Wales11
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland10
9Stirling Scotland10
10Scottish Borders Scotland6
11East Ayrshire Scotland5
12North Yorkshire England4
13City of Edinburgh Scotland4
14Cheshire East England4
15Ceredigion Wales4
95 England127 Scotland115 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
341
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Sphegina sibirica
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
325
Most recorded in
Gwynedd
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Sphegina
Name with authority
Sphegina sibirica Stackelberg, 1953
Described
1953

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7576620 · GBIF 1535634