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Cornish Red Data (2009)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.

Hedychrum niemelai - A ruby-tail wasp



Range & Status

Found in a variety of sandy localities; lowland heaths, coastal dunes, and cliffs with sandy deposits. Once considered to be a national rarity of southern heathland and sandy areas on the coast, it has in recent years been found to be much more common and widespread than previously thought. Work for the aculeate Provisional Atlas' suggest that its status requires review. It is known from at least 12 post 2000 sites along the Cornish coastline, both north and south coasts. A cleptoparasite of Cerceris spp. of wasp.

Source:

I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.

The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.