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A Spider-hunting wasp

Tachysphex pompiliformis

425Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May27
Jun162
Jul136
Aug16
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England47
2Gwynedd Wales40
3Isle of Anglesey Wales40
4East Riding of Yorkshire England22
5Pembrokeshire Wales20
6Norfolk England18
7Swansea Wales15
8Kent England11
9Lincolnshire England11
10Ceredigion Wales11
11Wrexham Wales11
12Carmarthenshire Wales9
13Dorset England7
14Cornwall England6
15Suffolk England5
248 England7 Scotland163 Wales

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
425
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Tachysphex pompiliformis
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
414
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Crabronidae
Genus
Tachysphex
Name with authority
Tachysphex pompiliformis (Panzer, 1804)
Described
1804

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14590536 · GBIF 4495082