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Buttercup Blacklet

Cheilosia albitarsis

987Records since 2000
MayPeak month
86Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr26
May532
Jun243
Jul13
Aug6
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England155
2Norfolk England45
3Northamptonshire England33
4Highland Scotland31
5East Riding of Yorkshire England26
6Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland20
7Cambridgeshire England19
8North Yorkshire England19
9Devon England18
10Oxfordshire England16
11Fife Scotland16
12North Ayrshire Scotland15
13Telford and Wrekin England15
14Surrey England14
15Ards and North Down Northern Ireland14
710 England149 Scotland50 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
987
Peak month
May
Counties with records
86
Scientific name
Cheilosia albitarsis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,067
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Cheilosia
Name with authority
Cheilosia albitarsis Meigen, 1822
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2744571 · GBIF 4516695