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Common Spangle Gall

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum

3,837Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
103Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb10
Mar18
Apr117
May322
Jun82
Jul364
Aug865
Sep1,007
Oct709
Nov256
Dec38

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland346
2Argyll and Bute Scotland160
3Highland Scotland150
4Somerset England141
5Sefton England117
6Essex England116
7Worcestershire England83
8Rutland England74
9Halton England70
10Nottingham England70
11Cheshire East England69
12Surrey England67
13Gloucestershire England64
14Liverpool England58
15Kent England56
2,846 England867 Scotland64 Wales22 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,837
Peak month
September
Counties with records
103
Scientific name
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
367
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Cynipidae
Genus
Neuroterus
Name with authority
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
23

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1905281 · GBIF 1309692