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Large Tiger Hoverfly

Helophilus trivittatus

1,933Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr13
May118
Jun280
Jul303
Aug736
Sep395
Oct20
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England140
2Norfolk England85
3Devon England78
4Worcestershire England73
5Sefton England72
6Isle of Anglesey Wales66
7Kent England63
8Cambridgeshire England49
9Dorset England44
10Suffolk England33
11Pembrokeshire Wales30
12North Yorkshire England26
13Somerset England25
14East Riding of Yorkshire England23
15Lincolnshire England22
1,545 England138 Scotland242 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,933
Peak month
August
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Helophilus trivittatus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,754
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Helophilus
Name with authority
Helophilus trivittatus (Fabricius, 1805)
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1548429 · GBIF 5071382