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Soldier Fly

Microchrysa polita

2,495Records since 2000
MayPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr106
May764
Jun621
Jul527
Aug304
Sep67
Oct13
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England187
2Norfolk England117
3Worcestershire England108
4Surrey England103
5Kent England102
6Powys Wales102
7Cambridgeshire England68
8Oxfordshire England52
9Sheffield England40
10Cumbria England35
11North Yorkshire England33
12Northamptonshire England33
13Suffolk England30
14Dorset England28
15Essex England28
2,118 England112 Scotland193 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,495
Peak month
May
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Microchrysa polita
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,294
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Microchrysa
Name with authority
Microchrysa polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6839358 · GBIF 1578600