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Silver Spiny Digger Wasp

Oxybelus argentatus

148Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun42
Jul84
Aug11
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales39
2Gwynedd Wales22
3Swansea Wales16
4Norfolk England12
5Pembrokeshire Wales10
6Ceredigion Wales9
7Suffolk England5
8Cambridgeshire England3
9Cumbria England3
10Surrey England2
11Cornwall England2
12Carmarthenshire Wales1
13Conwy Wales1
36 England111 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
148
Peak month
July
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Oxybelus argentatus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
144
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Crabronidae
Genus
Oxybelus
Name with authority
Oxybelus argentatus Curtis, 1833
Described
1833

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9076866