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Drosophila subobscura

711Records since 2000
JunePeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan67
Feb58
Mar34
Apr37
May87
Jun116
Jul68
Aug26
Sep89
Oct8
Nov28
Dec79

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England106
2Essex England59
3Norfolk England58
4Warrington England31
5Suffolk England21
6Somerset England20
7Carmarthenshire Wales18
8Devon England16
9City of Edinburgh Scotland12
10North Lincolnshire England11
11Highland Scotland8
12Worcestershire England8
13Surrey England7
14Powys Wales7
15North Yorkshire England6
381 England69 Scotland23 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
711
Peak month
June
Counties with records
42
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
455
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Drosophila
Name with authority
Drosophila subobscura Collin, 1936
Described
1936
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13851870 · GBIF 5074662