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Blue bottle fly

Calliphora vomitoria

1,147Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb24
Mar88
Apr113
May109
Jun163
Jul174
Aug171
Sep108
Oct79
Nov38
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland226
2East Riding of Yorkshire England44
3Gwynedd Wales41
4Norfolk England40
5Kent England38
6Argyll and Bute Scotland33
7Worcestershire England27
8Isle of Anglesey Wales25
9Fife Scotland24
10Devon England22
11North Yorkshire England20
12Cumbria England19
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland18
14Swansea Wales18
15Cornwall England17
588 England385 Scotland121 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,147
Peak month
July
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Calliphora vomitoria
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,058
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Calliphora
Name with authority
Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1141108 · GBIF 1502691