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Molophilus occultus

912Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May48
Jun294
Jul457
Aug78
Sep7
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland281
2East Ayrshire Scotland204
3Dorset England64
4Devon England58
5Worcestershire England31
6Gwynedd Wales26
7Perth and Kinross Scotland26
8Norfolk England14
9Ceredigion Wales14
10Stirling Scotland14
11Aberdeenshire Scotland12
12Moray Scotland12
13Cumbria England11
14Powys Wales10
15Surrey England8
266 England399 Scotland70 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
912
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
734
Most recorded in
Highland, East Ayrshire, Dorset, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Limoniidae
Genus
Molophilus
Name with authority
Molophilus occultus de Meijere, 1918
Described
1918
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10794475 · GBIF 1519365