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Hairy-eyed Flower Fly

Syrphus torvus

2,543Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
101Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb28
Mar376
Apr562
May160
Jun460
Jul334
Aug176
Sep199
Oct137
Nov26
Dec13

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland107
2Sefton England97
3Cumbria England80
4North Yorkshire England78
5Leeds England72
6Argyll and Bute Scotland60
7Worcestershire England58
8City of Edinburgh Scotland54
9Fife Scotland51
10Sheffield England50
11Norfolk England49
12Cheshire East England43
13East Riding of Yorkshire England42
14Wirral England40
15Powys Wales33
1,879 England494 Scotland137 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 101 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,543
Peak month
April
Counties with records
101
Scientific name
Syrphus torvus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,045
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Syrphus
Name with authority
Syrphus torvus Osten Sacken, 1875
Described
1875
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2746462 · GBIF 1537245