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A Potter wasp

Symmorphus bifasciatus

335Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May11
Jun97
Jul132
Aug53
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England38
2Norfolk England27
3Cambridgeshire England17
4Sefton England13
5Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland13
6Suffolk England8
7Devon England8
8Powys Wales8
9Carmarthenshire Wales7
10City of Edinburgh Scotland6
11Rutland England6
12Surrey England5
13Mid Ulster Northern Ireland5
14Blackburn with Darwen England5
15Cumbria England4
267 England9 Scotland24 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
335
Peak month
July
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Symmorphus bifasciatus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
310
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Eumenidae
Genus
Symmorphus
Name with authority
Symmorphus bifasciatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2374616 · GBIF 1331436