Identify Wasps (Crabronidae, Chrysididae, Vespidae)
seen at The Netherfield Lagoons

Discover more about these species such as habitat, a detailed description, their national distribution and the best time of year to see them (or visit the lagoons to try and find them!). Each species has photographs to help you in identification.

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Shieldbug Wasp
Astata boops

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Large Shield Wasp
Crabro cribrarius

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Big-headed Digger Wasp
Ectemnius cephalotes

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Digger Wasp
Ectemnius continuus

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Hunting Wasp
Lindenius albilabris

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Common Spiny Digger Wasp
Oxybelus uniglumis

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Field Digger Wasp
Mellinus arvensis

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Digger Wasp
Argogorytes fargeii

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Two-girdled Digger Wasp
Argogorytes mystaceus

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Digger Wasp
Gorytes laticinctus

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Four-banded Digger Wasp
Gorytes quadrifasciatus

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Large-spurred Digger Wasp
Nysson spinosus

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Six-spotted Wasp-cuckoo
Nysson trimaculatus

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Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp
Cerceris rybyensis

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Bee Wolf
Philanthus triangulum

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Slender Wood-borer Wasp
Trypoxylon attenuatum

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Ruby-tailed Wasp
Chrysididae species

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Linnaeus’s Cuckoo Wasp
Chrysis ignita

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Jewel Wasp
Pseudomalus auratus

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Jewel Wasp
Trichrysis cyanea

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Potter Spider Wasp
Auplopus carbonarius

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Spider Hunting Wasp
Arachnospila spissa

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White-spotted Sapyga
Sapyga quinquepunctata

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Small-notched Mason-wasp
Ancistrocerus gazella

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Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus parietum

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Maritime Mason-wasp
Ancistrocerus scoticus

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Three-banded Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus

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Box-headed Mason Wasp
Gymnomerus laevipes

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Mason Wasp
Odynerus species

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Willow Mason-wasp
Symmorphus bifasciatus

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Figwort Mason Wasp
Symmorphus gracilis

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Median Wasp
Dolichovespula media

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Tree Wasp
Dolichovespula sylvestris

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German Wasp
Vespula germanica

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Common Wasp
Vespula vulgaris

All photography taken at the Netherfield Lagoons, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire