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Hercostomus chalybeus

108Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun14
Jul81
Aug10
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England55
2Cambridgeshire England31
3Cornwall England8
4Suffolk England2
5Dorset England2
6Somerset England2
7Gwynedd Wales2
8Devon England1
9Worcestershire England1
10Carmarthenshire Wales1
104 England3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
108
Peak month
July
Counties with records
10
Group
True flies
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Hercostomus
Name with authority
Hercostomus chalybeus (Wiedemann, 1817)
Described
1817

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14524247 · GBIF 1602045