About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Megasyrphus erratica
Species · True flies

Megasyrphus erratica

61Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May13
Jun11
Jul9
Aug19
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland8
2North Yorkshire England3
3East Lothian Scotland2
4Perth and Kinross Scotland2
5Moray Scotland2
6Cornwall England1
7East Riding of Yorkshire England1
8Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
9Fife Scotland1
10Scottish Borders Scotland1
11Monmouthshire Wales1
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland1
41 England17 Scotland2 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
61
Peak month
August
Counties with records
12
Group
True flies
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Megasyrphus
Name with authority
Megasyrphus erratica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18240572 · GBIF 6098357