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Headfly

Hydrotaea irritans

2,291Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May9
Jun769
Jul1,030
Aug319
Sep89
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland422
2Perth and Kinross Scotland341
3North Yorkshire England196
4Highland Scotland179
5Devon England151
6Moray Scotland102
7Worcestershire England52
8Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland52
9Stirling Scotland35
10Doncaster England22
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland22
12Norfolk England21
13Cambridgeshire England19
14Gwynedd Wales19
15East Ayrshire Scotland19
1,004 England1,151 Scotland57 Wales61 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,291
Peak month
July
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Hydrotaea irritans
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,279
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Hydrotaea
Name with authority
Hydrotaea irritans (Fallén, 1823)
Described
1823
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13855891 · GBIF 1529080