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Muscid fly

Graphomya maculata

2,228Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
100Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr26
May203
Jun288
Jul614
Aug680
Sep232
Oct81
Nov26
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England102
2Isle of Anglesey Wales92
3Norfolk England86
4Cheshire East England59
5Highland Scotland55
6Cumbria England46
7Devon England40
8North Yorkshire England37
9Kent England36
10City of Edinburgh Scotland33
11Ceredigion Wales33
12Cornwall England30
13East Riding of Yorkshire England30
14Dorset England29
15Gwynedd Wales29
1,614 England248 Scotland302 Wales43 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 100 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,228
Peak month
August
Counties with records
100
Scientific name
Graphomya maculata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,043
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Graphomya
Name with authority
Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5597331 · GBIF 1524265