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| We have four species spreading rapidly north into Highland and possibly beyond. All records of these from Highland are important, so please report them. The two wasps have added significance to our atlas project. | |
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| The Tree Bumblebee has made amazing progress north since first recorded in Scotland in 2013 (right). More details in the TRY! page (link below). All records, please, with a pic if possible, especially from the areas still uncolonised. |
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Two of our social wasps, Saxon
Dolichovespula saxonica
and German Vespula germanica
have spread significantly in the past few years. We want to continue to
monitor their spread through the
HBRG Wasp Atlas project.
The Saxon is especially dramatic as it has become, in some 10 years, one of of
our commonest wasps. The German is returniong after an absence of desades,
but is now well established. All records of any wasp are welcome, but a
body or pic (full face plus side view is best) should be provided as
identification is not always easy. Maps of their spread are below, and all
current maps are
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The amazing spread of Comma recently has been updated in
the animated map on right. Note the last frame which shows the number of
records per year, which has increased this year despite the horrendous weather. Note also the record (confirmed by photograph) in Thurso, a real outlier. Maybe some human assistance was involved. |
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