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Bee Fly

Bombylius major

32,811Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
108Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb26
Mar7,690
Apr20,028
May4,535
Jun246
Jul10
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England1,310
2Norfolk England1,083
3Northamptonshire England961
4Oxfordshire England945
5Surrey England873
6Cambridgeshire England766
7Essex England758
8Devon England748
9Worcestershire England701
10Suffolk England595
11Gloucestershire England520
12Dorset England513
13Somerset England487
14Highland Scotland371
15North Yorkshire England358
29,552 England1,660 Scotland1,591 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 108 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
32,811
Peak month
April
Counties with records
108
Scientific name
Bombylius major
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
30,799
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Bombyliidae
Genus
Bombylius
Name with authority
Bombylius major Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1549111 · GBIF 1670212