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Bumblebee Blacklet

Cheilosia illustrata

6,599Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
116Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr78
May639
Jun1,989
Jul2,828
Aug811
Sep31
Oct0
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England232
2Cheshire East England221
3Cumbria England189
4Cornwall England178
5Dorset England172
6North Yorkshire England165
7Highland Scotland143
8Norfolk England136
9Isle of Anglesey Wales130
10Devon England126
11Oxfordshire England116
12Kent England103
13Gwynedd Wales96
14Sefton England90
15Orkney Islands Scotland90
4,679 England1,033 Scotland733 Wales86 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 116 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,599
Peak month
July
Counties with records
116
Scientific name
Cheilosia illustrata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,684
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Cheilosia
Name with authority
Cheilosia illustrata (Harris, 1780)
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1009814 · GBIF 1540302