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Solitary wasp

Cerceris quinquefasciata

118Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun21
Jul76
Aug20
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England28
2Cambridgeshire England19
3Suffolk England17
4Thurrock England7
5Oxfordshire England6
6Kent England5
7East Riding of Yorkshire England3
8Surrey England2
9Northamptonshire England2
10Medway England2
11Cornwall England1
12Lincolnshire England1
13Brighton and Hove England1
118 England

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
118
Peak month
July
Counties with records
13
Scientific name
Cerceris quinquefasciata
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
118
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria), Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Crabronidae
Genus
Cerceris
Name with authority
Cerceris quinquefasciata (Rossi, 1792)
Described
1792

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14635200 · GBIF 4495233