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Black Colonel

Odontomyia tigrina

761Records since 2000
JunePeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr8
May277
Jun322
Jul59
Aug23
Sep7
Oct31
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England128
2Kent England79
3Somerset England68
4Cambridgeshire England46
5Surrey England46
6Oxfordshire England34
7Suffolk England18
8Essex England17
9Bristol, City of England13
10Worcestershire England12
11Gloucestershire England10
12Northamptonshire England9
13Medway England6
14Lincolnshire England5
15Powys Wales5
721 England39 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
761
Peak month
June
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Odontomyia tigrina
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
745
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Kent, Somerset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Odontomyia
Name with authority
Odontomyia tigrina (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7077992 · GBIF 1581158