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Locust Blowfly

Stomorhina lunata

730Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul59
Aug252
Sep253
Oct98
Nov53
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England51
2Suffolk England41
3Isle of Wight England30
4Cambridgeshire England28
5Kent England27
6Devon England26
7Essex England20
8Lincolnshire England20
9Dorset England17
10Northamptonshire England13
11Sefton England12
12East Riding of Yorkshire England9
13Isles of Scilly England9
14Oxfordshire England7
15Cornwall England7
701 England17 Scotland12 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
730
Peak month
September
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Stomorhina lunata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
682
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Stomorhina
Name with authority
Stomorhina lunata (Fabricius, 1805)
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14622055 · GBIF 1567939