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Cherry Gall

Cynips quercusfolii

723Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb7
Mar8
Apr7
May6
Jun4
Jul58
Aug123
Sep175
Oct134
Nov131
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England35
2Essex England27
3Kent England17
4Worcestershire England17
5Gloucestershire England16
6Nottinghamshire England15
7East Riding of Yorkshire England14
8Nottingham England12
9Highland Scotland11
10Rutland England11
11Somerset England10
12Herefordshire, County of England10
13Sheffield England9
14Norfolk England8
15North Yorkshire England8
670 England24 Scotland22 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
723
Peak month
September
Counties with records
55
Scientific name
Cynips quercusfolii
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
121
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Cynips
Name with authority
Cynips quercusfolii Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1413696 · GBIF 4496895