When it is recorded
Jan11
Feb17
Mar29
Apr119
May134
Jun141
Jul61
Aug29
Sep23
Oct32
Nov40
Dec52
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 67 | |
| 2 | Warrington | England | 65 | |
| 3 | Devon | England | 50 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 45 | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | England | 35 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 24 | |
| 7 | Somerset | England | 22 | |
| 8 | Gwynedd | Wales | 22 | |
| 9 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 20 | |
| 10 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig | Northern Ireland | 18 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 16 | |
| 12 | Milton Keynes | England | 16 | |
| 13 | Suffolk | England | 14 | |
| 14 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 11 | |
| 15 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 10 |
485 England34 Scotland46 Wales12 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 756
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 55
- Group
- True flies
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 566
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Warrington, Devon
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Opetiidae
- Genus
- Opetia
- Name with authority
- Opetia nigra Meigen, 1830
- Described
- 1830
- Contributing datasets
- 21
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14117004 · GBIF 1568085