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Common Ectemnius

Ectemnius continuus

975Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May63
Jun182
Jul243
Aug292
Sep43
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England140
2Norfolk England51
3Isle of Anglesey Wales50
4Swansea Wales34
5Cambridgeshire England33
6Carmarthenshire Wales29
7Suffolk England19
8Gwynedd Wales18
9Oxfordshire England17
10Powys Wales16
11Pembrokeshire Wales15
12Surrey England14
13Wrexham Wales13
14Sefton England11
15East Riding of Yorkshire England10
753 England13 Scotland201 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
975
Peak month
August
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Ectemnius continuus
Also known as
a Digger wasp
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
965
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Crabronidae
Genus
Ectemnius
Name with authority
Ectemnius continuus (Fabricius, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2691026 · GBIF 4494950