Species Detail - Greater Bulb-Fly (Merodon equestris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84)._0.jpg)
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Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly
NBNSYS0000007069
RecommendedWell-formed
Eristalis narcissi Fabricius, 1805, Merodon equestris form narcissi (Fabricius, 1805), Merodon equestris form transversalis Meigen, 1822, Merodon equestris form validus Meigen, 1822, Merodon narcissi (Fabricius, 1805), Merodon transversalis Meigen, 1822, Merodon validus Wiedemann, 1822, Syrphus equestris Fabricius, 1794
N/A
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(Fabricius, 1794)
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
2
2
2
22/05/2010
24/05/2014
11 April (recorded in 2021)
15 August (recorded in 2017)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Greater Bulb-Fly (Merodon equestris), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/87517>