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Common Awl Robberfly

Neoitamus cyanurus

907Records since 2000
JunePeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May84
Jun402
Jul276
Aug95
Sep12
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England129
2Surrey England60
3Worcestershire England47
4Suffolk England38
5Highland Scotland29
6Perth and Kinross Scotland29
7Kent England28
8East Riding of Yorkshire England28
9Devon England26
10Cumbria England26
11Nottinghamshire England22
12Dorset England17
13North Yorkshire England15
14Oxfordshire England14
15Swansea Wales13
763 England82 Scotland47 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
907
Peak month
June
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Neoitamus cyanurus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
873
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Surrey
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Neoitamus
Name with authority
Neoitamus cyanurus (Loew, 1849)
Described
1849
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1500791 · GBIF 1661975