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Molophilus ochraceus

501Records since 2000
JunePeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr1
May51
Jun168
Jul157
Aug24
Sep24
Oct23
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England72
2Worcestershire England64
3Norfolk England29
4Somerset England26
5Kent England25
6Dorset England15
7Swansea Wales15
8North Yorkshire England14
9Cambridgeshire England13
10Essex England13
11Herefordshire, County of England13
12Cumbria England12
13Stirling Scotland12
14Highland Scotland11
15Cornwall England10
432 England30 Scotland39 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
501
Peak month
June
Counties with records
45
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
501
Most recorded in
Devon, Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Limoniidae
Genus
Molophilus
Name with authority
Molophilus ochraceus (Meigen, 1818)
Described
1818
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3169495 · GBIF 1519260