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Iridescent Centurion

Sargus iridatus

638Records since 2000
JunePeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May138
Jun236
Jul154
Aug45
Sep10
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England71
2Cumbria England31
3Devon England28
4Dorset England22
5East Riding of Yorkshire England22
6Gloucestershire England19
7Highland Scotland16
8Rutland England16
9North Yorkshire England15
10Cheshire East England14
11Fife Scotland12
12Norfolk England11
13Angus Scotland10
14Cornwall England9
15Perth and Kinross Scotland9
518 England78 Scotland21 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
638
Peak month
June
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Sargus iridatus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
627
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Sargus
Name with authority
Sargus iridatus (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7423987 · GBIF 5078347