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Dotted Bee-fly

Bombylius discolor

2,727Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar587
Apr1,831
May280
Jun8
Jul0
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England352
2Oxfordshire England251
3Dorset England212
4Gloucestershire England176
5Somerset England166
6Bath and North East Somerset England104
7Isle of Wight England94
8Herefordshire, County of England70
9Devon England58
10Worcestershire England33
11Northamptonshire England31
12Swansea Wales24
13West Berkshire England12
14Suffolk England11
15Milton Keynes England11
2,682 England42 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,727
Peak month
April
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Bombylius discolor
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,634
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Bombyliidae
Genus
Bombylius
Name with authority
Bombylius discolor Mikan, 1796
Described
1796
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14170818 · GBIF 1670281