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Hairy-eyed Halfband

Melangyna lasiophthalma

657Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
63Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar239
Apr285
May63
Jun16
Jul0
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland66
2Worcestershire England51
3East Lothian Scotland44
4Argyll and Bute Scotland28
5Sefton England26
6East Riding of Yorkshire England22
7City of Edinburgh Scotland21
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland18
9North Yorkshire England16
10Cumbria England16
11Dumfries and Galloway Scotland15
12Fife Scotland15
13Midlothian Scotland15
14Cheshire East England12
15Norfolk England10
339 England260 Scotland26 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
657
Peak month
April
Counties with records
63
Scientific name
Melangyna lasiophthalma
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
576
Most recorded in
Highland, Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Melangyna
Name with authority
Melangyna lasiophthalma (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Described
1843
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2748323 · GBIF 1536675