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Villa modesta

413Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun18
Jul173
Aug199
Sep20
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England67
2Cambridgeshire England60
3Cornwall England35
4Suffolk England29
5Devon England25
6Kent England23
7Pembrokeshire Wales22
8Swansea Wales19
9Norfolk England16
10East Lothian Scotland11
11Portsmouth England11
12Gwynedd Wales9
13Essex England6
14Lincolnshire England3
15Cumbria England3
320 England15 Scotland75 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
413
Peak month
August
Counties with records
25
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
455
Most recorded in
Sefton, Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Bombyliidae
Genus
Villa
Name with authority
Villa modesta (Meigen, 1820)
Described
1820

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14166561 · GBIF 1671632