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Black Headed Mason Wasp

Odynerus melanocephalus

89Records since 2000
JunePeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May28
Jun43
Jul8
Aug0
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales30
2Dorset England8
3Essex England4
4Worcestershire England4
5Oxfordshire England2
6Isle of Wight England2
7Cambridgeshire England1
8Suffolk England1
9Kent England1
10Surrey England1
11Devon England1
12Lincolnshire England1
13Gloucestershire England1
14Nottinghamshire England1
15Portsmouth England1
54 England35 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
89
Peak month
June
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Odynerus melanocephalus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
84
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Odynerus
Name with authority
Odynerus melanocephalus (Gmeling, 1790)
Described
1790

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14396151 · GBIF 1329637