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Syrphus vitripennis

2,549Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar11
Apr93
May83
Jun291
Jul466
Aug806
Sep489
Oct34
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Leeds England394
2Worcestershire England249
3City of Edinburgh Scotland157
4Aberdeenshire Scotland88
5North Lincolnshire England74
6Powys Wales62
7Highland Scotland57
8Kent England43
9Norfolk England42
10Argyll and Bute Scotland40
11Warrington England38
12Kingston upon Hull, City of England38
13Oxfordshire England37
14Fife Scotland36
15Northamptonshire England35
1,762 England537 Scotland192 Wales53 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 95 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,549
Peak month
August
Counties with records
95
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,556
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Syrphus
Name with authority
Syrphus vitripennis Meigen, 1822
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1746512 · GBIF 1537212