When it is recorded
Jan25
Feb41
Mar97
Apr370
May2,500
Jun1,860
Jul1,018
Aug2,582
Sep3,611
Oct1,992
Nov191
Dec43
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 567 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 545 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 528 | |
| 4 | Devon | England | 501 | |
| 5 | Worcestershire | England | 478 | |
| 6 | Essex | England | 401 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 398 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 343 | |
| 9 | Suffolk | England | 318 | |
| 10 | Somerset | England | 309 | |
| 11 | Gloucestershire | England | 306 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 295 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 295 | |
| 14 | Powys | Wales | 228 | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | England | 199 |
13,791 England2 Scotland769 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 14,599
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 78
- Scientific name
- Vespa crabro
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 13,561
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Devon, Worcestershire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Dorset +18
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Vespa
- Name with authority
- Vespa crabro Linnaeus
- Contributing datasets
- 22
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30258 · GBIF 1311527