When it is recorded
Jan5
Feb11
Mar369
Apr3,737
May2,535
Jun1,383
Jul2,124
Aug1,745
Sep1,116
Oct464
Nov110
Dec5
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 440 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 413 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 404 | |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | England | 395 | |
| 5 | Cumbria | England | 353 | |
| 6 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 317 | |
| 7 | Warrington | England | 307 | |
| 8 | Northamptonshire | England | 306 | |
| 9 | Cheshire East | England | 272 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 239 | |
| 11 | Kent | England | 207 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 204 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 197 | |
| 14 | Stockport | England | 194 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 174 |
10,911 England1,944 Scotland894 Wales171 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 14,120
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 122
- Scientific name
- Melanostoma scalare
- Group
- True flies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 12,008
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Norfolk, Highland, Oxfordshire, Cumbria, Argyll and Bute, Warrington, Northamptonshire, Cheshire East, Devon, Kent, Dorset +41
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Melanostoma
- Name with authority
- Melanostoma scalare (Fabricius, 1794)
- Described
- 1794
- Contributing datasets
- 44
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1765048 · GBIF 5766556