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Ancistrocerus nigricornis

179Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr9
May22
Jun15
Jul18
Aug36
Sep13
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England67
2Powys Wales11
3Cambridgeshire England9
4Norfolk England9
5Suffolk England6
6Oxfordshire England6
7Essex England5
8Surrey England4
9Cheshire East England3
10Denbighshire Wales3
11Somerset England2
12Gloucestershire England2
13Herefordshire, County of England2
14Telford and Wrekin England2
15Wrexham Wales2
157 England1 Scotland19 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
179
Peak month
August
Counties with records
22
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
176
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Ancistrocerus
Name with authority
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)
Described
1826

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14395793 · GBIF 5037318