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Common sawfly

Pontania proxima

1,810Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
89Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May136
Jun285
Jul357
Aug465
Sep370
Oct152
Nov29
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Halton England105
2Norfolk England67
3York England65
4Sefton England59
5Essex England55
6Stockport England55
7East Riding of Yorkshire England49
8Suffolk England48
9Cheshire East England43
10North Yorkshire England40
11Cambridgeshire England39
12Somerset England38
13Oxfordshire England36
14Nottingham England34
15Rutland England32
1,672 England87 Scotland40 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,810
Peak month
August
Counties with records
89
Scientific name
Pontania proxima
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
Most recorded in
Halton, Norfolk, York, Sefton, Essex, Stockport
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Tenthredinidae
Genus
Pontania
Name with authority
Pontania proxima (Serville, 1823)
Described
1823
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14452978 · GBIF 4492141