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Red Banded Sand Wasp

Ammophila sabulosa

832Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
33Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr12
May74
Jun243
Jul264
Aug150
Sep35
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales98
2Dorset England77
3Suffolk England49
4Cornwall England46
5Norfolk England41
6Carmarthenshire Wales36
7Sefton England32
8Devon England29
9Cambridgeshire England27
10Pembrokeshire Wales24
11Isle of Anglesey Wales24
12Lincolnshire England17
13Worcestershire England17
14Surrey England13
15Essex England12
594 England1 Scotland236 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
832
Peak month
July
Counties with records
33
Scientific name
Ammophila sabulosa
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
797
Most recorded in
Swansea, Dorset
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Sphecidae
Genus
Ammophila
Name with authority
Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q655138 · GBIF 5041296