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Alder wooly sawfly

Eriocampa ovata

739Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May103
Jun137
Jul147
Aug188
Sep116
Oct30
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England63
2East Riding of Yorkshire England52
3Surrey England24
4Kent England18
5York England16
6Cornwall England14
7Sefton England14
8Glasgow City Scotland14
9Somerset England13
10Highland Scotland12
11Cheshire East England12
12Suffolk England11
13North Yorkshire England11
14Worcestershire England11
15Sheffield England11
620 England53 Scotland33 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
739
Peak month
August
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Eriocampa ovata
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
620
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Tenthredinidae
Genus
Eriocampa
Name with authority
Eriocampa ovata (Linnaeus, 1760)
Described
1760
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14582716 · GBIF 4490902