When it is recorded
Jan35
Feb23
Mar98
Apr547
May338
Jun192
Jul470
Aug623
Sep475
Oct340
Nov83
Dec24
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 124 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 112 | |
| 3 | Oxfordshire | England | 93 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 92 | |
| 5 | Rutland | England | 82 | |
| 6 | Highland | Scotland | 80 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 78 | |
| 8 | Suffolk | England | 69 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 68 | |
| 10 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 56 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 54 | |
| 12 | Devon | England | 49 | |
| 13 | Somerset | England | 45 | |
| 14 | Lincolnshire | England | 43 | |
| 15 | Sefton | England | 39 |
2,966 England177 Scotland135 Wales20 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,378
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 104
- Scientific name
- Vespula germanica
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,410
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Kent, Rutland, Highland, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Vespula
- Name with authority
- Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)
- Described
- 1793
- Contributing datasets
- 24
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1130274 · GBIF 1311649