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Bees, wasps and ants

733 species

Andrena pilipes

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
293
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

A cuckoo bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
287
Scientific name
Epeolus variegatus

Myrmosa atra

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
284
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

A Mining Bee

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
280
Scientific name
Andrena helvola

Nematus lucidus

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
273
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

A solitary wasp

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
272
Scientific name
Crabro peltarius

Abia nitens

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
267
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

A bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
263
Scientific name
Hylaeus brevicornis

Chrysis ignita

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
263
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

Andrena ovatula

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
262
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

Cephus spinipes

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
262
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

Epeolus cruciger

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
261
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

Lasius alienus

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
256
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

Andrena florea

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
254
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

A Mining Bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
250
Scientific name
Andrena ruficrus

A bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
241
Scientific name
Andrena praecox

A Digger wasp

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
238
Scientific name
Ectemnius cephalotes

A bee

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
236
Scientific name
Sphecodes gibbus

Athalia lugens

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
235
Group
Bees, wasps and ants

A Ruby-tailed wasp

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
230
Scientific name
Pseudomalus auratus