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Twin-spot Centurion

Sargus bipunctatus

2,193Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
95Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb5
Mar3
Apr8
May6
Jun5
Jul16
Aug213
Sep1,158
Oct596
Nov119
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England112
2Cambridgeshire England78
3Surrey England69
4Worcestershire England66
5City of Edinburgh Scotland60
6Suffolk England58
7Oxfordshire England58
8Devon England54
9Kent England48
10Essex England48
11Gloucestershire England43
12Sefton England36
13Bath and North East Somerset England31
14Cornwall England26
15Northamptonshire England23
1,981 England109 Scotland65 Wales24 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
2,193
Peak month
September
Counties with records
95
Scientific name
Sargus bipunctatus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,908
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Sargus
Name with authority
Sargus bipunctatus (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8306271