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Blow fly

Lucilia caesar

911Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
71Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar3
Apr10
May117
Jun193
Jul224
Aug199
Sep87
Oct22
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland94
2Norfolk England63
3East Riding of Yorkshire England58
4Worcestershire England31
5Gwynedd Wales29
6Warrington England26
7Oxfordshire England24
8Argyll and Bute Scotland23
9Swansea Wales23
10Devon England21
11North Yorkshire England19
12Kent England17
13York England13
14Isle of Anglesey Wales12
15Northamptonshire England11
642 England160 Scotland97 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
911
Peak month
July
Counties with records
71
Scientific name
Lucilia caesar
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
914
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Lucilia
Name with authority
Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3838777 · GBIF 5064105