#3562 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Harkwesp

Bembix rostrata

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Vadim Prokhorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ombrosoparacloucycle · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © gbohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Ponyren, Soerendonk, Nederland:© Jap Smits · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Callantsoog, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Callantsoog, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hollandsdiep, Heemstede, North Holland, NL:© Milo "Bulle" van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Goedereede, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Bembix rostrata is a protected species of sand wasp native to Central Europe. The genus Bembix - of which B. rostrata is among the most distinctive species - has over 340 species worldwide and is found mostly in warm regions with open, sandy soils; Australia and Africa have a particularly rich variety of species.

base stats

NL sightings 72iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,017iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).