Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Vespula vulgaris

Common Name Common Wasp

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000876783 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758), Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus), Wasp

Designations N/A

Abbreviation vevul

Authority (Linnaeus, 1758)

Group Insect - hymenopteran

Rank Species

Number Of Records 30

Number Of 10Km Squares 22

Number Of 50Km Squares 18

Oldest Record 21/05/2010

Newest Record 30/09/2016

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 3 January (recorded in 2023)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 31 December (recorded in 2021)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris), accessed 14 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/57281

Species Detail - Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)