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Soldier fly

Microchrysa flavicornis

1,006Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May72
Jun327
Jul374
Aug142
Sep21
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England78
2Devon England72
3Cambridgeshire England53
4Norfolk England47
5Kent England46
6Cumbria England39
7Surrey England29
8Cornwall England29
9Gloucestershire England24
10Dorset England23
11Essex England23
12Gwynedd Wales22
13Swansea Wales21
14Powys Wales20
15Somerset England18
817 England39 Scotland130 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,006
Peak month
July
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Microchrysa flavicornis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,007
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Microchrysa
Name with authority
Microchrysa flavicornis (Meigen, 1822)
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6839357 · GBIF 1578588