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Median wasp

Dolichovespula media

1,106Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb4
Mar17
Apr108
May109
Jun94
Jul343
Aug318
Sep44
Oct18
Nov9
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England46
2Cambridgeshire England36
3Essex England34
4Suffolk England32
5Surrey England32
6Devon England26
7Oxfordshire England25
8Dorset England24
9Worcestershire England20
10Rutland England20
11Somerset England19
12Norfolk England14
13Cornwall England14
14Lincolnshire England13
15Gloucestershire England13
1,074 England6 Scotland26 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,106
Peak month
July
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Dolichovespula media
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
852
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Dolichovespula
Name with authority
Dolichovespula media (Retz., 1783)
Described
1783
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2164423 · GBIF 1311838