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Greater Horntail Wasp

Urocerus gigas

1,111Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
106Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May7
Jun172
Jul504
Aug353
Sep63
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland89
2North Yorkshire England32
3Cumbria England31
4Powys Wales28
5Aberdeenshire Scotland24
6Argyll and Bute Scotland23
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland23
8Worcestershire England21
9Stirling Scotland20
10Essex England19
11Devon England19
12Norfolk England18
13Suffolk England18
14Kent England16
15Surrey England16
639 England319 Scotland119 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,111
Peak month
July
Counties with records
106
Scientific name
Urocerus gigas
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,006
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Siricidae
Genus
Urocerus
Name with authority
Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1049335 · GBIF 4492208