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Buff-tailed Bear Hoverfly

Criorhina floccosa

534Records since 2000
MayPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr114
May282
Jun77
Jul7
Aug3
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England51
2Worcestershire England45
3Gwynedd Wales20
4North Yorkshire England16
5Cambridgeshire England12
6Cumbria England12
7Powys Wales11
8Devon England10
9Norfolk England9
10Suffolk England8
11East Riding of Yorkshire England8
12Essex England8
13Conwy Wales8
14Kent England7
15Cornwall England6
436 England23 Scotland63 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
534
Peak month
May
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Criorhina floccosa
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
492
Most recorded in
Sefton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Criorhina
Name with authority
Criorhina floccosa (Meigen, 1822)
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5185812 · GBIF 5071031