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Face Fly

Musca autumnalis

2,314Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb9
Mar81
Apr312
May184
Jun266
Jul580
Aug486
Sep233
Oct77
Nov11
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England111
2Kent England103
3Devon England100
4Cornwall England77
5Worcestershire England70
6Cambridgeshire England62
7Oxfordshire England56
8Somerset England55
9Dorset England54
10Essex England51
11Cheshire East England49
12Suffolk England36
13Rutland England34
14Surrey England33
15Carmarthenshire Wales33
2,170 England3 Scotland114 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,314
Peak month
July
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Musca autumnalis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,067
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Musca
Name with authority
Musca autumnalis De Geer, 1776
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1075544 · GBIF 1524801