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Hairy-legged Horsefly

Hybomitra bimaculata

550Records since 2000
JunePeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May131
Jun261
Jul124
Aug2
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England133
2Surrey England35
3Worcestershire England24
4Suffolk England21
5Gloucestershire England20
6Cambridgeshire England16
7Doncaster England16
8Oxfordshire England12
9Somerset England11
10Cumbria England11
11Cheshire East England9
12Northamptonshire England8
13Dorset England7
14Wrexham Wales7
15Kent England6
518 England5 Scotland24 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
550
Peak month
June
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Hybomitra bimaculata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
542
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tabanidae
Genus
Hybomitra
Name with authority
Hybomitra bimaculata (Macquart, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11976274 · GBIF 1500480