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Hornet Hoverfly

Volucella zonaria

8,755Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr3
May36
Jun695
Jul3,221
Aug3,333
Sep1,197
Oct219
Nov8
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England303
2Norfolk England290
3Oxfordshire England280
4Cambridgeshire England258
5Sefton England252
6Suffolk England195
7Devon England192
8Dorset England189
9Somerset England189
10Essex England168
11Cornwall England153
12Surrey England152
13Northamptonshire England129
14Worcestershire England115
15East Riding of Yorkshire England112
8,324 England14 Scotland416 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,755
Peak month
August
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Volucella zonaria
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,364
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Volucella
Name with authority
Volucella zonaria (Poda, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q380402 · GBIF 1541832