When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar18
Apr63
May97
Jun87
Jul152
Aug158
Sep40
Oct9
Nov1
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 119 | |
| 2 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 98 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 54 | |
| 4 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 51 | |
| 5 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 33 | |
| 6 | Gwynedd | Wales | 19 | |
| 7 | Powys | Wales | 19 | |
| 8 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 16 | |
| 9 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 14 | |
| 10 | Cumbria | England | 12 | |
| 11 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 9 | |
| 12 | West Lothian | Scotland | 9 | |
| 13 | Cambridgeshire | England | 8 | |
| 14 | Blackburn with Darwen | England | 8 | |
| 15 | Suffolk | England | 6 |
201 England380 Scotland85 Wales20 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 708
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 61
- Scientific name
- Vespula rufa
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 647
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Orkney Islands, Worcestershire, Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Vespula
- Name with authority
- Vespula rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 21
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2143652 · GBIF 1311676