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Sericomyia superbiens

527Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
47Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun5
Jul32
Aug244
Sep202
Oct18
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland74
2Cumbria England47
3Devon England28
4Worcestershire England27
5Cheshire East England23
6Gwynedd Wales21
7East Lothian Scotland20
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland17
9Isle of Anglesey Wales15
10Powys Wales14
11East Ayrshire Scotland11
12West Dunbartonshire Scotland11
13Cornwall England10
14Argyll and Bute Scotland10
15Ceredigion Wales10
239 England165 Scotland79 Wales30 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
527
Peak month
August
Counties with records
47
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
464
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Sericomyia
Name with authority
Sericomyia superbiens (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17586330 · GBIF 1538824