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Large Velvet Ant

Mutilla europaea

109Records since 2000
JunePeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May17
Jun28
Jul19
Aug28
Sep10
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England31
2Devon England15
3Surrey England6
4North Yorkshire England6
5Thurrock England6
6Kent England5
7Essex England5
8Aberdeenshire Scotland4
9Suffolk England1
10Somerset England1
11Angus Scotland1
12Bracknell Forest England1
13Redcar and Cleveland England1
104 England5 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
109
Peak month
June
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Mutilla europaea
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
90
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Mutillidae
Genus
Mutilla
Name with authority
Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1955847 · GBIF 4506278