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Black-horned Smoothtail

Epistrophe grossulariae

2,911Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
102Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb6
Mar6
Apr12
May18
Jun476
Jul812
Aug722
Sep554
Oct162
Nov34
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland174
2Worcestershire England114
3Cheshire East England89
4Highland Scotland84
5Sefton England82
6Cumbria England78
7North Yorkshire England70
8Gwynedd Wales67
9Sheffield England59
10East Lothian Scotland52
11Glasgow City Scotland52
12Oxfordshire England44
13Devon England43
14Cornwall England33
15Fife Scotland28
2,031 England610 Scotland181 Wales62 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,911
Peak month
July
Counties with records
102
Scientific name
Epistrophe grossulariae
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,391
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Epistrophe
Name with authority
Epistrophe grossulariae (Meigen, 1822)
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2746304 · GBIF 5071071