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Norwegian Wasp

Dolichovespula norwegica

657Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr58
May66
Jun107
Jul207
Aug155
Sep18
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland179
2Orkney Islands Scotland102
3Worcestershire England51
4Argyll and Bute Scotland39
5Powys Wales18
6Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland12
7Sheffield England11
8Aberdeenshire Scotland9
9City of Edinburgh Scotland8
10Blackburn with Darwen England8
11North Yorkshire England7
12Cumbria England7
13Carmarthenshire Wales7
14Gwynedd Wales6
15East Lothian Scotland6
186 England378 Scotland46 Wales24 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
657
Peak month
July
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Dolichovespula norwegica
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
598
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Dolichovespula
Name with authority
Dolichovespula norwegica (Fabricius, 1781)
Described
1781
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1410407 · GBIF 1311831