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World Woodlouse Fly

Melanophora roralis

494Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr1
May29
Jun102
Jul127
Aug102
Sep90
Oct36
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland122
2Isle of Anglesey Wales52
3Cornwall England43
4Swansea Wales28
5Angus Scotland18
6Norfolk England16
7Devon England11
8North Yorkshire England11
9Dorset England8
10Isles of Scilly England8
11Pembrokeshire Wales7
12Plymouth England7
13Fife Scotland6
14Aberdeenshire Scotland6
15Torbay England6
200 England181 Scotland99 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
494
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Melanophora roralis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
485
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Melanophora
Name with authority
Melanophora roralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14086865 · GBIF 1555470