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Cola Nut Gall Wasp

Andricus lignicolus

960Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
74Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan22
Feb17
Mar28
Apr60
May50
Jun19
Jul29
Aug144
Sep308
Oct175
Nov82
Dec17

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland178
2Sefton England102
3Liverpool England30
4Nottingham England27
5Highland Scotland26
6Gloucestershire England24
7Halton England20
8Rutland England17
9Cheshire East England17
10Glasgow City Scotland16
11Surrey England15
12Worcestershire England13
13Sheffield England12
14Kent England11
15Nottinghamshire England11
674 England263 Scotland12 Wales9 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
960
Peak month
September
Counties with records
74
Scientific name
Andricus lignicolus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Most recorded in
City of Edinburgh, Sefton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Andricus
Name with authority
Andricus lignicolus (Hartig, 1840)
Described
1840
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14623042 · GBIF 4497054