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Splayed Deerfly

Chrysops caecutiens

984Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May42
Jun336
Jul476
Aug66
Sep8
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England130
2Worcestershire England65
3Surrey England54
4Cambridgeshire England51
5Devon England44
6Gloucestershire England36
7Suffolk England31
8Cumbria England29
9Dorset England26
10Essex England16
11Cornwall England14
12North Yorkshire England13
13Herefordshire, County of England12
14Monmouthshire Wales12
15Oxfordshire England11
927 England3 Scotland44 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
984
Peak month
July
Counties with records
46
Scientific name
Chrysops caecutiens
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
936
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tabanidae
Genus
Chrysops
Name with authority
Chrysops caecutiens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5114915 · GBIF 1497483