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Wax Moth

Galleria mellonella

514Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May8
Jun56
Jul115
Aug187
Sep108
Oct12
Nov8
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England85
2West Berkshire England61
3Worcestershire England16
4Suffolk England10
5Cambridgeshire England8
6Cornwall England6
7Rutland England6
8Sandwell England6
9Surrey England5
10Essex England4
11Warrington England4
12Norfolk England3
13Kent England3
14Dorset England3
15East Riding of Yorkshire England3
504 England3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
514
Peak month
August
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Galleria mellonella
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
433
Most recorded in
Oxfordshire, West Berkshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Galleria
Name with authority
Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q761648 · GBIF 1876542