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Bees, wasps and ants

733 species

Vernal Colletes

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
582
Scientific name
Colletes cunicularius

Early Nomad Bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
576
Scientific name
Nomada leucophthalma

Northern Colletes

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
567
Scientific name
Colletes floralis

Ringed Tigress

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
557
Scientific name
Athalia circularis

Slave-making Ant

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
524
Scientific name
Formica sanguinea

Andrenine Bee

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
502
Scientific name
Andrena wilkella

Birch Clubhorn

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
487
Scientific name
Cimbex femoratus

Wheat Stem Borer

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
465
Scientific name
Cephus pygmeus

Chalk Furrow Bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
462
Scientific name
Lasioglossum fulvicorne

Large Tiphia

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
458
Scientific name
Tiphia femorata

A bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
444
Scientific name
Bombus barbutellus

Scottish wood ant

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
441
Scientific name
Formica aquilonia

A long-horned bee

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
438
Scientific name
Eucera longicornis

A Mining Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
428
Scientific name
Andrena marginata

Iris Sawfly

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
425
Scientific name
Rhadinoceraea micans