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Urban bluebottle blowfly, European blowfly

Calliphora vicina

3,361Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
104Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan104
Feb159
Mar354
Apr440
May408
Jun409
Jul319
Aug284
Sep216
Oct272
Nov213
Dec104

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland334
2Devon England117
3East Riding of Yorkshire England115
4Kent England108
5Warrington England101
6Norfolk England100
7Fife Scotland85
8Isle of Anglesey Wales81
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland77
10Essex England72
11Cornwall England56
12Cambridgeshire England53
13Gwynedd Wales53
14Surrey England48
15Worcestershire England47
2,271 England715 Scotland273 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,361
Peak month
April
Counties with records
104
Scientific name
Calliphora vicina
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,143
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Calliphora
Name with authority
Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Described
1830
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1060187 · GBIF 1502577