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A bee

Bombus barbutellus

444Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
52Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr23
May51
Jun112
Jul129
Aug82
Sep25
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England35
2Cambridgeshire England23
3Worcestershire England19
4Argyll and Bute Scotland18
5Norfolk England11
6Lincolnshire England11
7Gloucestershire England11
8Orkney Islands Scotland11
9Devon England10
10North Yorkshire England10
11Suffolk England7
12Oxfordshire England7
13East Riding of Yorkshire England7
14Cumbria England7
15Pembrokeshire Wales6
364 England59 Scotland16 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 52 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
444
Peak month
July
Counties with records
52
Scientific name
Bombus barbutellus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
434
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Name with authority
Bombus barbutellus (Kirby, 1802)
Described
1802

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q751925 · GBIF 1340434