When it is recorded
Jan3
Feb1
Mar32
Apr560
May1,041
Jun1,046
Jul2,535
Aug1,576
Sep1,179
Oct141
Nov12
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 466 | |
| 2 | Worcestershire | England | 415 | |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | England | 268 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 260 | |
| 5 | Cumbria | England | 258 | |
| 6 | Dorset | England | 255 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 236 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 227 | |
| 9 | Northamptonshire | England | 181 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 180 | |
| 11 | Suffolk | England | 157 | |
| 12 | Warrington | England | 157 | |
| 13 | Gwynedd | Wales | 136 | |
| 14 | Powys | Wales | 117 | |
| 15 | Milton Keynes | England | 117 |
6,085 England866 Scotland882 Wales154 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 121 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 8,563
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 121
- Scientific name
- Melanostoma mellina
- Group
- True flies
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Worcestershire, North Yorkshire, Highland, Cumbria, Dorset, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Kent, Suffolk, Warrington +23
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Melanostoma
- Name with authority
- Melanostoma mellina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 39
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1765050 · GBIF 5766554