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Fan-bristled Robberfly

Dysmachus trigonus

1,208Records since 2000
JunePeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May221
Jun574
Jul295
Aug43
Sep5
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England148
2Suffolk England94
3Cornwall England87
4Surrey England63
5Gwynedd Wales53
6Swansea Wales49
7Isle of Anglesey Wales39
8Dorset England36
9Devon England36
10Sefton England36
11Cambridgeshire England30
12Pembrokeshire Wales28
13Essex England27
14Worcestershire England26
15Cumbria England24
927 England4 Scotland266 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,208
Peak month
June
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Dysmachus trigonus
Also known as
a Robber Fly
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,195
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cornwall, Surrey, Gwynedd
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Dysmachus
Name with authority
Dysmachus trigonus (Meigen, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10757300 · GBIF 1659167