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Fever Fly

Dilophus febrilis

2,659Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
102Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb12
Mar31
Apr407
May875
Jun66
Jul93
Aug877
Sep166
Oct6
Nov23
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland139
2Norfolk England112
3North Yorkshire England109
4Cambridgeshire England97
5City of Edinburgh Scotland84
6Devon England80
7Worcestershire England73
8East Riding of Yorkshire England70
9Isle of Anglesey Wales51
10Fife Scotland47
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland43
12Orkney Islands Scotland42
13Suffolk England40
14Cumbria England40
15Oxfordshire England39
1,720 England519 Scotland173 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,659
Peak month
August
Counties with records
102
Scientific name
Dilophus febrilis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,312
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Bibionidae
Genus
Dilophus
Name with authority
Dilophus febrilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14190458 · GBIF 1590665