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Band-eyed Brown Horsefly

Tabanus bromius

1,381Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May19
Jun546
Jul638
Aug148
Sep5
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England148
2Gloucestershire England101
3Surrey England79
4Kent England67
5Dorset England67
6Oxfordshire England44
7Norfolk England37
8Cornwall England32
9Northamptonshire England30
10Essex England28
11Somerset England25
12Herefordshire, County of England21
13Worcestershire England19
14Swansea Wales19
15Carmarthenshire Wales16
1,303 England61 Wales

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
1,381
Peak month
July
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Tabanus bromius
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,387
Most recorded in
Devon, Gloucestershire, Surrey, Kent, Dorset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tabanidae
Genus
Tabanus
Name with authority
Tabanus bromius Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1500723 · GBIF 1499099