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Bog Hoverfly

Sericomyia silentis

8,261Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
99Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr8
May434
Jun1,368
Jul1,716
Aug2,652
Sep1,664
Oct238
Nov12
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland944
2Cumbria England503
3Argyll and Bute Scotland386
4North Yorkshire England260
5Devon England256
6Worcestershire England250
7Norfolk England196
8Gwynedd Wales184
9East Ayrshire Scotland176
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland157
11Cornwall England143
12Wrexham Wales143
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland118
14Dorset England113
15Isle of Anglesey Wales112
4,019 England2,868 Scotland1,004 Wales251 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,261
Peak month
August
Counties with records
99
Scientific name
Sericomyia silentis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,401
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Sericomyia
Name with authority
Sericomyia silentis (Harris, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
44

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1411673 · GBIF 1538798