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Platycheirus ciliger

349Records since 2000
MayPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr103
May131
Jun27
Jul5
Aug6
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England64
2Sandwell England17
3Warrington England16
4Sefton England13
5Telford and Wrekin England13
6Sheffield England12
7Nottingham England10
8Stirling Scotland6
9Wirral England6
10Stockport England6
11Monmouthshire Wales6
12Cheshire East England5
13Kingston upon Hull, City of England5
14Northamptonshire England4
15East Lothian Scotland4
307 England18 Scotland24 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
349
Peak month
May
Counties with records
42
Group
True flies
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Platycheirus
Name with authority
Platycheirus ciliger Loew, 1856
Described
1856

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14514528 · GBIF 1543211