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Furcate Dung Fly

Scathophaga furcata

1,807Records since 2000
JunePeak month
85Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan38
Feb89
Mar175
Apr303
May325
Jun347
Jul145
Aug85
Sep56
Oct61
Nov50
Dec25

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland144
2Norfolk England143
3Gwynedd Wales78
4Worcestershire England76
5Moray Scotland76
6North Yorkshire England73
7Warrington England66
8Perth and Kinross Scotland54
9Devon England47
10Isle of Anglesey Wales42
11Cambridgeshire England40
12Cumbria England36
13East Riding of Yorkshire England34
14Dorset England32
15Powys Wales31
1,156 England400 Scotland225 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,807
Peak month
June
Counties with records
85
Scientific name
Scathophaga furcata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,794
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Scathophagidae
Genus
Scathophaga
Name with authority
Scathophaga furcata (Say, 1823)
Described
1823
Contributing datasets
34

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14079335 · GBIF 1556329