What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Seedcorn Maggot been recorded?

Delia platura occurrence evidence comes from 17,765 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1896 to 2026. Most records come from Canada.

Seedcorn Maggot
Seedcorn Maggot — Photo (display-sized rendition): Janet Graham · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
InsectaDipteraAnthomyiidaeDelia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

17,765 records across 9 countries and territories, 1896–2026.

Delia platura · GBIF taxon key 5077529

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18962026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Seedcorn Maggot has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Seedcorn Maggot. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 12,832
United Kingdom 3,699
South Korea 680
Sweden 426
Isle of Man 65
United States 56
Denmark 3
Netherlands 2
France 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.