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Scathophaga spurca

151Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May17
Jun16
Jul32
Aug20
Sep23
Oct36
Nov6
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland43
2Perth and Kinross Scotland25
3North Yorkshire England13
4Moray Scotland12
5Somerset England8
6Aberdeenshire Scotland8
7North Lanarkshire Scotland7
8Devon England5
9Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland5
10Suffolk England4
11Dorset England2
12Argyll and Bute Scotland2
13East Ayrshire Scotland2
14Kent England1
15Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
15 England37 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
151
Peak month
October
Counties with records
16
Group
True flies
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Scathophagidae
Genus
Scathophaga
Name with authority
Scathophaga spurca Meigen, 1826
Described
1826

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 6098146