#3576 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Kleine knotswesp

Sapygina decemguttata

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Uģis Piterāns · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Nieuwe Deventerweg, Zwolle, Overijssel, NL:© erikpaulvos · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nieuwe Deventerweg, Zwolle, Overijssel, NL:© erikpaulvos · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Kml Service:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ruiven, Berkel-Enschot, Nederland:© Marleen Wiersema · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Kalenberg, Meteren, Netherlands:© marcelvds · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 5591 Heeze, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De kleine knotswesp ( Sapygina decemguttata ) is een vliesvleugelig insect uit de familie van de knotswespen (Sapygidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1807 door Jurine.

base stats

NL sightings 49iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,190iNaturalist 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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
1,190 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands: Kleine knotswesp
scientific name: Sapygina decemguttata
class: Insecta
order: Hymenoptera
family: Sapygidae
sightings in NL: 49
sightings in Europe: 1,023
sightings worldwide: 1,190
GBIF records in NL: 3,716
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 502160, Wikidata Q2224128, GBIF 4504364, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.