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Hercostomus metallicus

81Records since 2000
JunePeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May7
Jun37
Jul21
Aug3
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England23
2Gwynedd Wales19
3Worcestershire England11
4Ceredigion Wales3
5Norfolk England2
6Dorset England2
7Swansea Wales2
8Kent England1
9Surrey England1
10Highland Scotland1
11Cornwall England1
12Devon England1
13Powys Wales1
14Perth and Kinross Scotland1
15Carmarthenshire Wales1
51 England2 Scotland28 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
81
Peak month
June
Counties with records
17
Group
True flies
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Hercostomus
Name with authority
Hercostomus metallicus (Stannius, 1831)
Described
1831

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14524744 · GBIF 1602303