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Dusky-banded Forest Fly

Chalcosyrphus nemorum

960Records since 2000
MayPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb0
Mar2
Apr66
May289
Jun229
Jul163
Aug108
Sep18
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England72
2Norfolk England60
3Gwynedd Wales49
4Cambridgeshire England42
5Sefton England39
6Oxfordshire England32
7Cumbria England26
8Dorset England22
9Somerset England21
10Cheshire East England19
11Suffolk England16
12Devon England15
13Trafford England12
14Kent England11
15North Yorkshire England10
844 England17 Scotland83 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
960
Peak month
May
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Chalcosyrphus nemorum
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
871
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Chalcosyrphus
Name with authority
Chalcosyrphus nemorum (Fabricius, 1805)
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2748550 · GBIF 1533710