When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb1
Mar3
Apr12
May1,094
Jun3,797
Jul1,627
Aug320
Sep24
Oct2
Nov1
Dec1
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 301 | |
| 2 | Cumbria | England | 250 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 236 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 235 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 233 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 202 | |
| 7 | Highland | Scotland | 183 | |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | England | 178 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 166 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 152 | |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 141 | |
| 12 | Northamptonshire | England | 140 | |
| 13 | Powys | Wales | 120 | |
| 14 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 115 | |
| 15 | Suffolk | England | 103 |
5,570 England673 Scotland760 Wales64 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 7,101
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 112
- Scientific name
- Volucella bombylans
- Group
- True flies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,831
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cumbria, Cornwall, Worcestershire, Devon, Cambridgeshire, Highland, North Yorkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Northamptonshire +14
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Volucella
- Name with authority
- Volucella bombylans (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 40
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q977326 · GBIF 1541763