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House fly

Musca domestica

453Records since 2000
JunePeak month
70Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb3
Mar12
Apr22
May51
Jun165
Jul80
Aug56
Sep36
Oct11
Nov5
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland63
2Norfolk England21
3Warrington England18
4Cambridgeshire England16
5North Yorkshire England13
6East Riding of Yorkshire England12
7Cornwall England9
8Suffolk England8
9Essex England8
10Worcestershire England8
11Somerset England8
12Lincolnshire England7
13Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland7
14Kent England6
15Devon England5
329 England85 Scotland22 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
453
Peak month
June
Counties with records
70
Scientific name
Musca domestica
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
409
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Musca
Name with authority
Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q166111 · GBIF 1524843