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White-barred peat hoverfly

Sericomyia lappona

858Records since 2000
MayPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr26
May357
Jun356
Jul94
Aug10
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland252
2Argyll and Bute Scotland70
3Cumbria England34
4North Yorkshire England22
5Worcestershire England22
6Gwynedd Wales19
7Scottish Borders Scotland19
8Ceredigion Wales18
9Stirling Scotland18
10Perth and Kinross Scotland17
11Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland14
12Cambridgeshire England12
13Aberdeenshire Scotland12
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland11
15Devon England9
301 England450 Scotland66 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
858
Peak month
May
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Sericomyia lappona
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
800
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Sericomyia
Name with authority
Sericomyia lappona (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1759614 · GBIF 1538831