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Dune robberfly

Philonicus albiceps

1,074Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May37
Jun260
Jul481
Aug233
Sep27
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales115
2Isle of Anglesey Wales98
3Norfolk England80
4Sefton England80
5Devon England65
6Cambridgeshire England61
7Gwynedd Wales60
8Pembrokeshire Wales53
9Essex England31
10Cumbria England29
11Carmarthenshire Wales25
12Cornwall England24
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland18
14East Riding of Yorkshire England17
15Suffolk England15
497 England29 Scotland458 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,074
Peak month
July
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Philonicus albiceps
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
982
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Philonicus
Name with authority
Philonicus albiceps (Meigen, 1820)
Described
1820
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10805321 · GBIF 5091366