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Western Bee-fly

Bombylius canescens

513Records since 2000
JunePeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May110
Jun313
Jul85
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England97
2Devon England89
3Worcestershire England44
4Gloucestershire England26
5Swansea Wales25
6Monmouthshire Wales23
7Somerset England22
8Dorset England21
9Powys Wales10
10Pembrokeshire Wales6
11Herefordshire, County of England6
12Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
13Torbay England3
14Bristol, City of England2
15Gwynedd Wales1
419 England89 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
513
Peak month
June
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Bombylius canescens
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
502
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Bombyliidae
Genus
Bombylius
Name with authority
Bombylius canescens Mikan, 1796
Described
1796
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14170821 · GBIF 1670622