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Little Black Blowfly

Melanomya nana

671Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May73
Jun191
Jul195
Aug120
Sep18
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England69
2Worcestershire England61
3Warrington England54
4Carmarthenshire Wales28
5Isle of Anglesey Wales27
6Gwynedd Wales26
7East Riding of Yorkshire England23
8Swansea Wales22
9Oxfordshire England21
10Highland Scotland15
11Cambridgeshire England14
12Ceredigion Wales14
13Dorset England12
14Devon England10
15Monmouthshire Wales10
449 England36 Scotland169 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
671
Peak month
July
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Melanomya nana
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
645
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Melanomya
Name with authority
Melanomya nana (Meigen, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13612232 · GBIF 1504227