This scheme was established in July 2020. Records of rhinophorid flies can be added to iRecord or sent direct to the scheme.
April 2020 turned out to be a very busy month on iRecord, no doubt due in part to the coronavirus lockdown enabling some to focus on recording their local wildlife, and to the sunny weather for much of the month. Over 100,000 records were added, up from about 75,000 in April 2019, with a higher than usual proportion of them coming from gardens and a smaller proportion from woodlands and grasslands.
Welcome to the latest addition to the list of national recording schemes: the Sarcophagidae Recording Scheme has now been launched, led by Daniel Whitmore, Charles Griffiths and Nigel Jones. This family of flies includes 64 species of “fleshfly”, so named because some of the species have larvae that develop in carrion. Others are parasitoids, and there are a wide range of behaviours and life histories across the family.
