What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Dangling Swamp-lover been recorded?

Helophilus pendulus occurrence evidence comes from 18,400 records in 30 countries and territories, from 1855 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

InsectaDipteraSyrphidaeHelophilus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

18,400 records across 30 countries and territories, 1855–2026.

Helophilus pendulus · GBIF taxon key 5071352

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: September.

7 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: September. 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

18552026

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

Where Dangling Swamp-lover has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Dangling Swamp-lover. 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
Sweden 8,831
United Kingdom 8,015
Germany 370
France 291
Belgium 240
Netherlands 213
Denmark 101
Luxembourg 83
Finland 72
Austria 48
Ireland 37
Russia 24
Estonia 15
Italy 14
Norway 8
Poland 7
Czechia 6
Bulgaria 4
Spain 3
Ukraine 3
Switzerland 2
Guernsey 2
Croatia 2
Isle of Man 2
Slovenia 2
Canada 1
Hungary 1
Iceland 1
Lithuania 1
Romania 1

Related animals

Others in the family Syrphidae.

Senaspis dibapha
2 records
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.