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Hairy Sand Wasp

Podalonia hirsuta

353Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar11
Apr37
May61
Jun100
Jul75
Aug32
Sep12
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales92
2Gwynedd Wales73
3Swansea Wales52
4Pembrokeshire Wales29
5Dorset England18
6Cornwall England16
7Sefton England14
8Ceredigion Wales12
9Norfolk England10
10Cambridgeshire England6
11Suffolk England2
12Carmarthenshire Wales2
74 England278 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
353
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Podalonia hirsuta
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
348
Most recorded in
Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Swansea
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Sphecidae
Genus
Podalonia
Name with authority
Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10807945 · GBIF 1347914