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Botanophila fugax

2,781Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb8
Mar113
Apr427
May283
Jun430
Jul803
Aug350
Sep209
Oct48
Nov7
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England248
2Devon England237
3Warrington England188
4Suffolk England184
5Norfolk England155
6Worcestershire England116
7Cambridgeshire England109
8Aberdeenshire Scotland91
9Carmarthenshire Wales62
10Lincolnshire England54
11Oxfordshire England46
12North Yorkshire England41
13Highland Scotland36
14Somerset England34
15Perth and Kinross Scotland25
2,161 England151 Scotland73 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,781
Peak month
July
Counties with records
77
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,404
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Anthomyiidae
Genus
Botanophila
Name with authority
Botanophila fugax (Meigen, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14220426 · GBIF 1575799