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Root-maggot Fly

Hydrophoria lancifer

676Records since 2000
MayPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr26
May203
Jun176
Jul161
Aug53
Sep35
Oct4
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England115
2City of Edinburgh Scotland44
3Norfolk England40
4Kent England38
5Highland Scotland38
6Cambridgeshire England25
7Lincolnshire England19
8Warrington England18
9Swansea Wales16
10Suffolk England15
11Perth and Kinross Scotland14
12Somerset England11
13Oxfordshire England10
14Worcestershire England10
15Aberdeen City Scotland10
444 England84 Scotland37 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
676
Peak month
May
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Hydrophoria lancifer
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
550
Most recorded in
Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Anthomyiidae
Genus
Hydrophoria
Name with authority
Hydrophoria lancifer (Harris, 1780)
Described
1780
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14217812 · GBIF 1573577