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Sphegina elegans

152Records since 2000
JunePeak month
29Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May13
Jun61
Jul37
Aug23
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales15
2Cheshire East England13
3Norfolk England11
4Highland Scotland9
5Stirling Scotland9
6North Yorkshire England8
7Telford and Wrekin England8
8Worcestershire England7
9Monmouthshire Wales6
10Powys Wales5
11Swansea Wales5
12Carmarthenshire Wales4
13Devon England3
14Perth and Kinross Scotland3
15Ceredigion Wales3
86 England26 Scotland39 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
152
Peak month
June
Counties with records
29
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
146
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Sphegina
Name with authority
Sphegina elegans Schummel, 1841
Described
1841

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2746879 · GBIF 1535656