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Bees, wasps and ants

733 species

Bee Wolf

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,877
Scientific name
Philanthus triangulum

Common sawfly

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,810
Scientific name
Pontania proxima

Bronze Furrow Bee

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,770
Scientific name
Halictus tumulorum

Field Digger Wasp

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,763
Scientific name
Mellinus arvensis

Brassy Mining Bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,746
Scientific name
Lasioglossum morio

Wood Ant

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,703
Scientific name
Formica rufa

Ant

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,606
Scientific name
Myrmica scabrinodis

Artichoke Gall

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,556
Scientific name
Andricus foecundatrix

Red Ant

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,529
Scientific name
Myrmica rubra

Clark's Andrena

Peak month
March
Records since 2000
1,492
Scientific name
Andrena clarkella

Hairy Wood Ant

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,492
Scientific name
Formica lugubris

Mason Bee

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,412
Scientific name
Osmia caerulescens

Negro Ant

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,358
Scientific name
Formica fusca

Red-belted Cleaver

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,308
Scientific name
Aglaostigma aucupariae

Andrena Minitula

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,239
Scientific name
Andrena minutula

Field Cuckoo Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,191
Scientific name
Bombus campestris

Bloomed Furrow Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,131
Scientific name
Lasioglossum albipes

Narrow-headed Ant

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,123
Scientific name
Formica exsecta

Bramble Sawfly

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,113
Scientific name
Arge cyanocrocea

Median wasp

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,106
Scientific name
Dolichovespula media

Girdled Colletes

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,013
Scientific name
Colletes succinctus

Figwort sawfly

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
993
Scientific name
Tenthredo scrophulariae

Little Nomad Bee

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
978
Scientific name
Nomada flavoguttata

Common Ectemnius

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
975
Scientific name
Ectemnius continuus

Cola Nut Gall Wasp

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
960
Scientific name
Andricus lignicolus