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Lejogaster metallina

745Records since 2000
JunePeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May148
Jun271
Jul138
Aug119
Sep16
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England58
2Isle of Anglesey Wales57
3Dorset England56
4Worcestershire England35
5Swansea Wales34
6Gwynedd Wales30
7East Lothian Scotland23
8Highland Scotland21
9Ceredigion Wales20
10Norfolk England18
11South Lanarkshire Scotland16
12Argyll and Bute Scotland14
13Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
14Cambridgeshire England13
15North Yorkshire England13
404 England156 Scotland179 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
745
Peak month
June
Counties with records
62
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
688
Most recorded in
Cumbria, Isle of Anglesey, Dorset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Lejogaster
Name with authority
Lejogaster metallina (Fabricius, 1777)
Described
1777
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2748218 · GBIF 1537380