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Horse Bot Fly

Gasterophilus intestinalis

61Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun1
Jul16
Aug24
Sep13
Oct1
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales13
2Devon England9
3Worcestershire England9
4Cambridgeshire England6
5Swansea Wales5
6Powys Wales4
7North Yorkshire England2
8Gloucestershire England2
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Herefordshire, County of England2
11Pembrokeshire Wales1
12Monmouthshire Wales1
13Telford and Wrekin England1
14Wrexham Wales1
33 England28 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
61
Peak month
August
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Gasterophilus intestinalis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
57
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Oestridae
Genus
Gasterophilus
Name with authority
Gasterophilus intestinalis (De Geer, 1776)
Described
1776

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3098874 · GBIF 1587209