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Cluster Fly

Pollenia rudis

1,108Records since 2000
JunePeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb34
Mar85
Apr59
May38
Jun207
Jul169
Aug205
Sep101
Oct68
Nov36
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland179
2Norfolk England63
3Gwynedd Wales61
4Warrington England60
5Swansea Wales40
6Worcestershire England36
7Oxfordshire England30
8Isle of Anglesey Wales30
9Kent England28
10Dorset England26
11Devon England22
12Carmarthenshire Wales22
13Monmouthshire Wales20
14Aberdeenshire Scotland19
15Cornwall England12
601 England231 Scotland203 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,108
Peak month
June
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Pollenia rudis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,038
Most recorded in
Highland, Norfolk, Gwynedd, Warrington
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Polleniidae
Genus
Pollenia
Name with authority
Pollenia rudis (Fabricius, 1794)
Described
1794
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q649518 · GBIF 1503644