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Sphaerophoria philantha

334Records since 2000
JunePeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May37
Jun120
Jul99
Aug51
Sep8
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales58
2Highland Scotland51
3Cumbria England24
4Worcestershire England21
5Isle of Anglesey Wales16
6Powys Wales14
7Swansea Wales13
8North Yorkshire England10
9Perth and Kinross Scotland10
10Ceredigion Wales10
11Aberdeenshire Scotland9
12Carmarthenshire Wales5
13Stirling Scotland5
14Devon England4
15Cheshire East England4
110 England85 Scotland137 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
334
Peak month
June
Counties with records
36
Group
True flies
Most recorded in
Gwynedd, Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Sphaerophoria
Name with authority
Sphaerophoria philantha (Meigen, 1822)
Described
1822

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14428893 · GBIF 4516743