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Spotted wing drosophila, Spotted-wing drosophila fruit fly, Cherry Vinegar Fly

Drosophila suzukii

1,384Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan145
Feb52
Mar27
Apr8
May16
Jun9
Jul16
Aug96
Sep168
Oct339
Nov290
Dec180

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England142
2Somerset England81
3Essex England49
4Norfolk England43
5Warrington England39
6Kent England36
7Worcestershire England35
8City of Edinburgh Scotland29
9East Riding of Yorkshire England26
10Oxfordshire England21
11Suffolk England19
12Lincolnshire England15
13Brighton and Hove England13
14Devon England12
15Surrey England10
1,111 England27 Scotland20 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,384
Peak month
October
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Drosophila suzukii
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
763
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Somerset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Drosophilidae
Genus
Drosophila
Name with authority
Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)
Described
1931
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1336450 · GBIF 5073820