When it is recorded
Jan49
Feb146
Mar575
Apr1,205
May756
Jun578
Jul1,634
Aug2,038
Sep1,711
Oct1,220
Nov415
Dec80
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 450 | |
| 2 | Cornwall | England | 258 | |
| 3 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 252 | |
| 4 | Worcestershire | England | 251 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 250 | |
| 6 | Essex | England | 247 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 234 | |
| 8 | Sefton | England | 229 | |
| 9 | Surrey | England | 211 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 198 | |
| 11 | Norfolk | England | 197 | |
| 12 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 182 | |
| 13 | Suffolk | England | 132 | |
| 14 | Cheshire East | England | 116 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 112 |
8,145 England1,470 Scotland453 Wales209 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 10,694
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 123
- Scientific name
- Vespula vulgaris
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 8,240
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Cornwall, Orkney Islands, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Sefton, Surrey, Kent, Norfolk, City of Edinburgh +26
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Vespula
- Name with authority
- Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 42
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q260482 · GBIF 1311671