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Heather Fly

Bibio pomonae

1,325Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr7
May21
Jun123
Jul157
Aug876
Sep113
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland321
2Argyll and Bute Scotland90
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland83
4Aberdeenshire Scotland57
5Orkney Islands Scotland54
6North Yorkshire England45
7Cumbria England36
8Worcestershire England31
9Gwynedd Wales24
10Cheshire East England22
11Angus Scotland17
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland16
13Scottish Borders Scotland16
14Stirling Scotland16
15City of Edinburgh Scotland15
422 England769 Scotland84 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,325
Peak month
August
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Bibio pomonae
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,181
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Bibionidae
Genus
Bibio
Name with authority
Bibio pomonae (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11631479 · GBIF 1591037