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Violet Black-legged

Dioctria atricapilla

1,452Records since 2000
JunePeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May367
Jun927
Jul111
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England185
2Norfolk England140
3Worcestershire England78
4Cambridgeshire England47
5Gloucestershire England42
6Essex England41
7Suffolk England38
8Sefton England26
9North Yorkshire England25
10Northamptonshire England24
11Oxfordshire England22
12Nottinghamshire England22
13East Riding of Yorkshire England18
14Lincolnshire England18
15Devon England16
1,429 England23 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,452
Peak month
June
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Dioctria atricapilla
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,400
Most recorded in
Surrey, Norfolk, Worcestershire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Dioctria
Name with authority
Dioctria atricapilla Meigen, 1804
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1887957 · GBIF 1656376