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Noon Fly

Mesembrina meridiana

6,837Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
108Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar5
Apr567
May1,183
Jun516
Jul892
Aug901
Sep1,067
Oct1,250
Nov276
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland280
2Worcestershire England245
3Cumbria England243
4North Yorkshire England233
5Norfolk England204
6Devon England201
7Cornwall England188
8Somerset England148
9Isle of Anglesey Wales138
10Kent England131
11Cambridgeshire England116
12Oxfordshire England102
13Cheshire East England95
14East Riding of Yorkshire England91
15Powys Wales87
5,083 England907 Scotland653 Wales128 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 108 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,837
Peak month
October
Counties with records
108
Scientific name
Mesembrina meridiana
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,029
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Mesembrina
Name with authority
Mesembrina meridiana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6821197 · GBIF 1525771