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Blotch-winged Hoverfly

Leucozona lucorum

4,060Records since 2000
MayPeak month
111Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr511
May1,982
Jun752
Jul394
Aug188
Sep11
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England245
2Cumbria England120
3Highland Scotland117
4Orkney Islands Scotland104
5East Riding of Yorkshire England99
6Sefton England98
7Northamptonshire England95
8Norfolk England70
9Cambridgeshire England68
10North Yorkshire England65
11Cheshire East England64
12Oxfordshire England62
13East Lothian Scotland51
14Powys Wales45
15Gwynedd Wales42
2,991 England667 Scotland232 Wales95 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 111 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,060
Peak month
May
Counties with records
111
Scientific name
Leucozona lucorum
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,667
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Leucozona
Name with authority
Leucozona lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1763984 · GBIF 5071172