#3611 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Vestigial Weeper

Dolerus vestigialis

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Gelderland, NL:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
5. 6866 ND Heelsum, Nederland:© marcelpolling · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Nationaal Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen, NL-NB-TI, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6708 PB Wageningen, Alankomaat:© Matti Brandon · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 8041 AT Zwolle, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 6564 AB Heilig Landstichting, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Dolerus vestigialis is a Palearctic species of sawfly.

base stats

NL sightings 29iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 548iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 29 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
548 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1818 (208 years ago).