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Batman Hoverfly

Myathropa florea

21,723Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
123Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb5
Mar46
Apr1,528
May3,478
Jun3,325
Jul4,290
Aug5,355
Sep2,454
Oct790
Nov64
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England733
2Peterborough England592
3Kent England560
4Northamptonshire England554
5Worcestershire England473
6Norfolk England458
7Sefton England450
8Gwynedd Wales354
9Essex England343
10Dorset England333
11Devon England319
12Cambridgeshire England298
13Suffolk England270
14Surrey England263
15Cheshire East England235
19,571 England679 Scotland1,337 Wales95 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
21,723
Peak month
August
Counties with records
123
Scientific name
Myathropa florea
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
18,034
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Myathropa
Name with authority
Myathropa florea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q943119 · GBIF 4516754