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A Ruby-tailed wasp

Pseudomalus auratus

230Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May14
Jun83
Jul71
Aug25
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England26
2Cambridgeshire England18
3Kent England15
4Norfolk England7
5Surrey England7
6Rutland England6
7Thurrock England6
8Swansea Wales6
9Oxfordshire England5
10Suffolk England4
11City of Edinburgh Scotland3
12Isle of Wight England3
13Medway England3
14Essex England2
15Devon England2
206 England9 Scotland10 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
230
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Pseudomalus auratus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
214
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Chrysididae
Genus
Pseudomalus
Name with authority
Pseudomalus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2115746 · GBIF 4494208