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Large Mantis Dung Fly

Norellisoma spinimanum

1,329Records since 2000
JunePeak month
73Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar13
Apr136
May231
Jun295
Jul282
Aug124
Sep76
Oct54
Nov11
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England151
2Highland Scotland95
3Worcestershire England63
4Devon England62
5Cumbria England44
6Gwynedd Wales44
7Cambridgeshire England40
8Swansea Wales29
9North Yorkshire England28
10East Riding of Yorkshire England27
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland23
12Stirling Scotland23
13Cheshire East England17
14Perth and Kinross Scotland17
15Ceredigion Wales17
896 England207 Scotland145 Wales8 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 73 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,329
Peak month
June
Counties with records
73
Scientific name
Norellisoma spinimanum
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
585
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Scathophagidae
Genus
Norellisoma
Name with authority
Norellisoma spinimanum (Fallén, 1819)
Described
1819
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14083368 · GBIF 1555986