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Black Snipefly

Chrysopilus cristatus

8,496Records since 2000
JunePeak month
114Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar0
Apr6
May519
Jun4,537
Jul2,860
Aug289
Sep31
Oct6
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England768
2Devon England574
3Dorset England283
4Cambridgeshire England238
5Cornwall England213
6Surrey England210
7Cumbria England202
8Gwynedd Wales189
9Worcestershire England188
10Kent England185
11North Yorkshire England151
12Swansea Wales150
13Isle of Anglesey Wales148
14Somerset England144
15Highland Scotland141
6,706 England595 Scotland1,111 Wales34 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,496
Peak month
June
Counties with records
114
Scientific name
Chrysopilus cristatus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,144
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Rhagionidae
Genus
Chrysopilus
Name with authority
Chrysopilus cristatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1088865 · GBIF 5766100