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Wheat Stem Borer

Cephus pygmeus

465Records since 2000
JunePeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May220
Jun222
Jul19
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England207
2Cambridgeshire England45
3Lincolnshire England24
4Suffolk England19
5East Riding of Yorkshire England16
6Kent England15
7Northamptonshire England12
8Rutland England11
9Bedford England9
10Oxfordshire England8
11Essex England4
12North Lincolnshire England3
13Medway England2
14Somerset England1
15Doncaster England1
461 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
465
Peak month
June
Counties with records
17
Scientific name
Cephus pygmeus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
458
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Cephidae
Genus
Cephus
Name with authority
Cephus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4498079 · GBIF 5868024