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Common Stiletto

Thereva nobilitata

1,645Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar2
Apr1
May100
Jun512
Jul692
Aug206
Sep7
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England107
2Surrey England79
3Worcestershire England68
4Devon England66
5Cambridgeshire England59
6Thurrock England52
7Suffolk England49
8Kent England47
9East Riding of Yorkshire England47
10Swansea Wales46
11Cornwall England44
12Gwynedd Wales43
13Isle of Anglesey Wales42
14Sefton England41
15Essex England40
1,209 England100 Scotland252 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,645
Peak month
July
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Thereva nobilitata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,587
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Therevidae
Genus
Thereva
Name with authority
Thereva nobilitata (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7782973 · GBIF 1565382