When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb1
Mar24
Apr444
May464
Jun1,667
Jul3,400
Aug2,633
Sep1,096
Oct232
Nov28
Dec1
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northamptonshire | England | 519 | |
| 2 | Oxfordshire | England | 401 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 374 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 269 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 239 | |
| 6 | Worcestershire | England | 237 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 227 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 164 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 159 | |
| 10 | Sefton | England | 143 | |
| 11 | Surrey | England | 139 | |
| 12 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 122 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 117 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 116 | |
| 15 | Swansea | Wales | 114 |
9,171 England234 Scotland798 Wales32 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 10,244
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 114
- Scientific name
- Sphaerophoria scripta
- Group
- True flies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 9,134
- Most recorded in
- Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Worcestershire, Suffolk, Essex, Dorset, Sefton, Surrey, Isle of Anglesey +23
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Sphaerophoria
- Name with authority
- Sphaerophoria scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 33
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1520915 · GBIF 1539177