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Seedcorn Maggot

Delia platura

6,186Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
83Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb20
Mar64
Apr699
May824
Jun1,193
Jul1,224
Aug699
Sep585
Oct316
Nov201
Dec155

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England749
2Devon England514
3Cambridgeshire England472
4Kent England445
5Norfolk England256
6Worcestershire England229
7Dorset England196
8Aberdeenshire Scotland187
9Oxfordshire England142
10Lincolnshire England140
11Essex England112
12Gwynedd Wales106
13North Lincolnshire England96
14Warrington England64
15Carmarthenshire Wales62
4,376 England223 Scotland189 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 83 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,186
Peak month
July
Counties with records
83
Scientific name
Delia platura
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,861
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Anthomyiidae
Genus
Delia
Name with authority
Delia platura (Meigen, 1826)
Described
1826
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13584748 · GBIF 5077529