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Molophilus ater

288Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr11
May232
Jun32
Jul5
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Ayrshire Scotland176
2Highland Scotland17
3Powys Wales13
4Devon England12
5Perth and Kinross Scotland10
6Aberdeenshire Scotland9
7Cumbria England6
8North Yorkshire England5
9Worcestershire England5
10Orkney Islands Scotland5
11Gwynedd Wales3
12Somerset England2
13Argyll and Bute Scotland2
14Isle of Anglesey Wales2
15Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland2
40 England133 Scotland20 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
288
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
198
Most recorded in
East Ayrshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Limoniidae
Genus
Molophilus
Name with authority
Molophilus ater (Meigen, 1804)
Described
1804

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2415794 · GBIF 1519120