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Orange-shinned Blacklet

Cheilosia fraterna

489Records since 2000
MayPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr57
May188
Jun89
Jul40
Aug85
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England48
2Highland Scotland32
3East Ayrshire Scotland22
4Argyll and Bute Scotland19
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland18
6Gwynedd Wales16
7South Lanarkshire Scotland16
8Worcestershire England15
9Fife Scotland15
10North Yorkshire England13
11Cheshire East England13
12Norfolk England12
13North Ayrshire Scotland10
14Devon England7
15Ceredigion Wales7
269 England174 Scotland45 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
489
Peak month
May
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Cheilosia fraterna
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
462
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Cheilosia
Name with authority
Cheilosia fraterna (Meigen, 1830)
Described
1830
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10745963 · GBIF 1540067