When it is recorded
Jan198
Feb1,031
Mar1,299
Apr587
May1,203
Jun2,858
Jul4,494
Aug6,218
Sep5,892
Oct2,775
Nov736
Dec134
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devon | England | 795 | |
| 2 | Northamptonshire | England | 793 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 772 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 714 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 642 | |
| 6 | Cumbria | England | 629 | |
| 7 | Dorset | England | 565 | |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | England | 489 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 471 | |
| 10 | Somerset | England | 471 | |
| 11 | Kent | England | 467 | |
| 12 | Sefton | England | 435 | |
| 13 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 418 | |
| 14 | Suffolk | England | 359 | |
| 15 | Cambridgeshire | England | 332 |
23,277 England1,371 Scotland2,664 Wales501 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 28,014
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 126
- Scientific name
- Eristalis tenax
- Group
- True flies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 24,080
- Most recorded in
- Devon, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Cumbria, Dorset, North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Somerset, Kent, Sefton +59
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Eristalis
- Name with authority
- Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 46
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1048880 · GBIF 1541217