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Waisted Duckfly

Anasimyia contracta

513Records since 2000
JunePeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May71
Jun293
Jul99
Aug16
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England33
2Cambridgeshire England20
3Somerset England20
4Kent England19
5Worcestershire England18
6Sefton England16
7Midlothian Scotland13
8Cornwall England11
9Cheshire East England11
10Oxfordshire England10
11Powys Wales10
12East Riding of Yorkshire England9
13Suffolk England8
14Dudley England8
15Dorset England7
426 England33 Scotland34 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
513
Peak month
June
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Anasimyia contracta
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
467
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Anasimyia
Name with authority
Anasimyia contracta Claussen & Torp, 1980
Described
1980
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2746158 · GBIF 1538450