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Syrphid Fly

Eristalinus aeneus

754Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb4
Mar47
Apr112
May74
Jun95
Jul181
Aug136
Sep76
Oct19
Nov0
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England44
2Suffolk England42
3Essex England39
4Sefton England37
5Isle of Anglesey Wales35
6Highland Scotland31
7Dorset England28
8Argyll and Bute Scotland28
9Kent England26
10Swansea Wales25
11Cornwall England24
12Norfolk England20
13Pembrokeshire Wales18
14Devon England16
15Lincolnshire England16
476 England138 Scotland116 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
754
Peak month
July
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Eristalinus aeneus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
665
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Eristalinus
Name with authority
Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1532580 · GBIF 1542830