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Platycheirus scambus

131Records since 2000
JunePeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun86
Jul25
Aug10
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland24
2Argyll and Bute Scotland16
3Stirling Scotland14
4Cumbria England13
5Perth and Kinross Scotland9
6North Yorkshire England4
7Gwynedd Wales4
8North Ayrshire Scotland4
9Worcestershire England2
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
11Powys Wales2
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland2
13Conwy Wales2
14Aberdeen City Scotland2
15Cambridgeshire England1
39 England79 Scotland12 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
131
Peak month
June
Counties with records
25
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
129
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Platycheirus
Name with authority
Platycheirus scambus (Staeger, 1843)
Described
1843

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1765617 · GBIF 1543125