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Fruit fly

Urophora cardui

722Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb6
Mar5
Apr24
May15
Jun55
Jul122
Aug248
Sep144
Oct53
Nov10
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Rutland England59
2Essex England49
3Kent England26
4Worcestershire England25
5Cambridgeshire England21
6Kingston upon Hull, City of England19
7Somerset England18
8East Riding of Yorkshire England15
9Dorset England12
10Surrey England10
11Dudley England10
12Telford and Wrekin England9
13Norfolk England8
14Lincolnshire England7
15Nottinghamshire England7
710 England12 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
722
Peak month
August
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Urophora cardui
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
346
Most recorded in
Rutland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tephritidae
Genus
Urophora
Name with authority
Urophora cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1128552 · GBIF 5088031