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Five-spotted Club-horned Wasp

Sapyga quinquepunctata

578Records since 2000
MayPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr36
May274
Jun160
Jul54
Aug7
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England53
2Cambridgeshire England20
3Kent England14
4Dorset England11
5Carmarthenshire Wales11
6Bury England11
7Norfolk England10
8Suffolk England10
9Devon England10
10Isle of Anglesey Wales9
11Swansea Wales9
12Wirral England9
13Leeds England8
14Cumbria England7
15Kingston upon Hull, City of England7
523 England2 Scotland51 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
578
Peak month
May
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Sapyga quinquepunctata
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
530
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Sapygidae
Genus
Sapyga
Name with authority
Sapyga quinquepunctata (Fabricius, 1781)
Described
1781
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2224123 · GBIF 4504348