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A Digger wasp

Crossocerus megacephalus

309Records since 2000
JunePeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May37
Jun92
Jul44
Aug39
Sep6
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England87
2Norfolk England23
3Cambridgeshire England11
4Oxfordshire England8
5Highland Scotland8
6Swansea Wales6
7Wrexham Wales6
8East Riding of Yorkshire England5
9Gwynedd Wales5
10Powys Wales5
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland5
12Devon England4
13Fife Scotland4
14Trafford England4
15Bedford England4
246 England19 Scotland31 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
309
Peak month
June
Counties with records
43
Scientific name
Crossocerus megacephalus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
310
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Crabronidae
Genus
Crossocerus
Name with authority
Crossocerus megacephalus (Rossi, 1790)
Described
1790

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14590517 · GBIF 4494924