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Sarcophaga variegata

1,083Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr37
May176
Jun187
Jul324
Aug238
Sep43
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England87
2Kent England73
3Norfolk England49
4Isle of Anglesey Wales46
5Suffolk England39
6Oxfordshire England34
7East Riding of Yorkshire England29
8Carmarthenshire Wales28
9Gwynedd Wales25
10Devon England23
11Cambridgeshire England22
12Cornwall England20
13Swansea Wales19
14Surrey England14
15Warrington England13
851 England2 Scotland151 Wales

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
1,083
Peak month
July
Counties with records
55
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,003
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Kent
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Sarcophagidae
Genus
Sarcophaga
Name with authority
Sarcophaga variegata (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14083740 · GBIF 4518734