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Blow Fly

Lucilia sericata

1,486Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr98
May147
Jun192
Jul256
Aug609
Sep140
Oct14
Nov5
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Leeds England60
2Northamptonshire England36
3Kent England29
4Warrington England28
5East Riding of Yorkshire England26
6Oxfordshire England24
7Cornwall England22
8Norfolk England21
9Surrey England20
10Essex England19
11Cambridgeshire England18
12City of Edinburgh Scotland17
13Nottingham England15
14Devon England12
15Swansea Wales12
1,370 England59 Scotland39 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,486
Peak month
August
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Lucilia sericata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,334
Most recorded in
Leeds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Lucilia
Name with authority
Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q603128 · GBIF 5063973