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Stiletto-fly

Spiriverpa lunulata

221Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr17
May10
Jun90
Jul93
Aug7
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cumbria England71
2Highland Scotland44
3Monmouthshire Wales24
4Perth and Kinross Scotland21
5Aberdeenshire Scotland15
6Shetland Islands —6
7Powys Wales4
8Ceredigion Wales4
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland2
11Moray Scotland2
97 England90 Scotland34 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
221
Peak month
July
Counties with records
11
Scientific name
Spiriverpa lunulata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
221
Most recorded in
Cumbria
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Therevidae
Genus
Spiriverpa
Name with authority
Spiriverpa lunulata (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Described
1838

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3493582 · GBIF 1565640