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Small Yellow-legged Robberfly

Dioctria linearis

1,012Records since 2000
JunePeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May49
Jun487
Jul372
Aug50
Sep7
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England118
2Surrey England92
3Worcestershire England61
4Norfolk England52
5Gloucestershire England42
6Kent England30
7Essex England23
8Oxfordshire England21
9Dorset England20
10Lincolnshire England19
11Somerset England18
12Northamptonshire England18
13East Riding of Yorkshire England16
14Powys Wales15
15Cambridgeshire England14
973 England35 Wales

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
1,012
Peak month
June
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Dioctria linearis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
976
Most recorded in
Devon, Surrey, Worcestershire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Dioctria
Name with authority
Dioctria linearis (Fabricius, 1787)
Described
1787
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8129681