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Ancistrocerus scoticus

277Records since 2000
JunePeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May31
Jun91
Jul72
Aug57
Sep16
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Orkney Islands Scotland55
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland44
3Highland Scotland29
4Argyll and Bute Scotland18
5Swansea Wales17
6Pembrokeshire Wales16
7Gwynedd Wales13
8Sefton England6
9Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland6
10Cornwall England4
11Norfolk England3
12Devon England3
13North Yorkshire England3
14Cumbria England3
15Ceredigion Wales3
43 England165 Scotland59 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
277
Peak month
June
Counties with records
30
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
273
Most recorded in
Orkney Islands
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Ancistrocerus
Name with authority
Ancistrocerus scoticus (Curtis, 1826)
Described
1826

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10641571