Solitary Wasp (Cerceris quinquefasciata) Mike Edwards
Action plan for Cerceris quinquefasciata
Mike Edwards
Current status
Cerceris quinquefasciata
is a medium-sized yellow- and-black wasp which nests gregariously in areas of bare sand in places exposed to the sun. It provisions its nest with weevils. It may be common where it occurs.
It has been known from 49 ten km squares in southern and eastern England, but has been found in only 14 squares since 1980, largely in south-eastern England (Essex, Kent, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Suffolk). There are no post-1970 records for the coasts of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, despite a number of earlier records. The wasp is widespread in southern and central Europe and present, although rare, in southern Fennoscandia. It also occurs in northern Africa and throughout Asia.
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