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A ruby-tailed wasp

Hedychridium ardens

193Records since 2000
JunePeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May23
Jun83
Jul43
Aug7
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England28
2Isle of Anglesey Wales27
3Gwynedd Wales20
4Swansea Wales11
5Ceredigion Wales9
6Norfolk England7
7Oxfordshire England7
8Wrexham Wales7
9Pembrokeshire Wales6
10Suffolk England4
11Dorset England4
12Carmarthenshire Wales4
13Cambridgeshire England3
14Kent England3
15Cornwall England3
95 England3 Scotland95 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
193
Peak month
June
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Hedychridium ardens
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
206
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Chrysididae
Genus
Hedychridium
Name with authority
Hedychridium ardens (Latreille, 1801)
Described
1801

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11350890