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A cuckoo bee

Epeolus variegatus

287Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun25
Jul128
Aug87
Sep26
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales22
2Suffolk England18
3Cornwall England14
4Ceredigion Wales14
5Kent England12
6Lincolnshire England12
7Norfolk England11
8Worcestershire England11
9Surrey England8
10Dorset England8
11East Riding of Yorkshire England8
12Sefton England8
13Cambridgeshire England7
14Isle of Anglesey Wales7
15Wrexham Wales7
203 England83 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 27 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
287
Peak month
July
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Epeolus variegatus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
284
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Epeolus
Name with authority
Epeolus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148640 · GBIF 1341940