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Saxon Wasp

Dolichovespula saxonica

765Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
69Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar6
Apr37
May75
Jun102
Jul272
Aug203
Sep34
Oct7
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland270
2Worcestershire England25
3Powys Wales21
4Kent England20
5City of Edinburgh Scotland14
6East Lothian Scotland13
7West Lothian Scotland13
8Norfolk England12
9Perth and Kinross Scotland12
10Cheshire East England11
11Oxfordshire England10
12Fife Scotland9
13Argyll and Bute Scotland7
14Carmarthenshire Wales7
15Cumbria England6
321 England378 Scotland59 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 69 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
765
Peak month
July
Counties with records
69
Scientific name
Dolichovespula saxonica
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
625
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Dolichovespula
Name with authority
Dolichovespula saxonica (Fabricius, 1793)
Described
1793
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q536004 · GBIF 1311805