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Fruit fly

Drosophila melanogaster

56Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb4
Mar0
Apr1
May4
Jun1
Jul4
Aug13
Sep15
Oct8
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England4
2Devon England4
3Cornwall England3
4Suffolk England2
5Lincolnshire England2
6Sefton England2
7Warrington England2
8Swansea Wales2
9Kent England1
10Oxfordshire England1
11Highland Scotland1
12Essex England1
13Gloucestershire England1
14Northamptonshire England1
15Milton Keynes England1
48 England2 Scotland3 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
56
Peak month
September
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Drosophila melanogaster
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
51
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Drosophila
Name with authority
Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830
Described
1830

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q130888 · GBIF 5073713