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Dull-bellied Blacklet

Cheilosia proxima

618Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr39
May75
Jun57
Jul181
Aug121
Sep16
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England127
2Norfolk England43
3East Riding of Yorkshire England36
4Highland Scotland30
5Cheshire East England26
6Cumbria England23
7Cambridgeshire England21
8Isle of Anglesey Wales13
9North Yorkshire England10
10Northamptonshire England10
11Gwynedd Wales10
12Milton Keynes England10
13Oxfordshire England8
14Fife Scotland8
15Swansea Wales8
519 England46 Scotland52 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
618
Peak month
July
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Cheilosia proxima
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
601
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Cheilosia
Name with authority
Cheilosia proxima (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Described
1843
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2746535 · GBIF 1540608