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Artichoke Gall

Andricus foecundatrix

1,556Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan19
Feb17
Mar23
Apr48
May27
Jun25
Jul284
Aug477
Sep400
Oct141
Nov66
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland119
2Cheshire East England72
3Somerset England62
4Essex England39
5Worcestershire England38
6Sefton England36
7Surrey England27
8Gloucestershire England27
9Suffolk England24
10Argyll and Bute Scotland23
11Cumbria England21
12Rutland England20
13Nottingham England20
14Devon England19
15York England19
1,266 England230 Scotland47 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,556
Peak month
August
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Andricus foecundatrix
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
115
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Andricus
Name with authority
Andricus foecundatrix (Hartig, 1840)
Described
1840
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2135564 · GBIF 4497137