Species Detail - Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "General Biodiversity Records from Ireland".

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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Species image

Mellinus arvensis
Mellinus arvensis
Field Digger Wasp
NHMSYS0000876318 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
mearv
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - hymenopteran
Species
30
4
3
01/07/1920
13/08/2023
27 May (recorded in 1974)
8 November (recorded in 2021)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, General Biodiversity Records from Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis), accessed 04 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/56817>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis), image, accessed 04 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/56817>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis), image, accessed 04 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/56817>