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Sand Tailed Digger Wasp

Cerceris arenaria

613Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May3
Jun111
Jul319
Aug112
Sep10
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales108
2Isle of Anglesey Wales58
3Norfolk England33
4Gwynedd Wales30
5Worcestershire England29
6Cornwall England28
7Suffolk England27
8Carmarthenshire Wales26
9Ceredigion Wales25
10Devon England23
11Pembrokeshire Wales22
12Dorset England17
13Cambridgeshire England13
14Surrey England12
15Isle of Wight England7
315 England295 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
613
Peak month
July
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Cerceris arenaria
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
603
Most recorded in
Swansea, Isle of Anglesey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Crabronidae
Genus
Cerceris
Name with authority
Cerceris arenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2220848 · GBIF 4495217