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Scathophaga litorea

523Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar10
Apr30
May46
Jun124
Jul124
Aug129
Sep23
Oct16
Nov11
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales49
2Lincolnshire England42
3Norfolk England36
4Devon England36
5Highland Scotland25
6East Riding of Yorkshire England18
7Wirral England18
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland17
9Isle of Anglesey Wales17
10Halton England17
11Cambridgeshire England16
12Gwynedd Wales12
13Kent England10
14East Lothian Scotland8
15Somerset England7
278 England90 Scotland94 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
523
Peak month
August
Counties with records
39
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
475
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Scathophagidae
Genus
Scathophaga
Name with authority
Scathophaga litorea (Fallén, 1819)
Described
1819
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14079326 · GBIF 1556255