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Furry Dronefly

Eristalis intricaria

5,653Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
113Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar101
Apr497
May458
Jun1,207
Jul1,378
Aug1,438
Sep360
Oct14
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England306
2Norfolk England266
3Worcestershire England227
4Highland Scotland222
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland197
6Isle of Anglesey Wales152
7Cambridgeshire England145
8Argyll and Bute Scotland122
9East Riding of Yorkshire England104
10Sefton England85
11Orkney Islands Scotland85
12East Ayrshire Scotland82
13Suffolk England76
14Oxfordshire England75
15Northamptonshire England71
3,831 England1,220 Scotland415 Wales133 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,653
Peak month
August
Counties with records
113
Scientific name
Eristalis intricaria
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,034
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Eristalis
Name with authority
Eristalis intricaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10758936 · GBIF 1541262