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A Mining Bee

Andrena helvola

280Records since 2000
MayPeak month
42Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr46
May143
Jun44
Jul11
Aug1
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales26
2Suffolk England24
3Worcestershire England24
4Conwy Wales17
5Kent England12
6Highland Scotland11
7Carmarthenshire Wales9
8North Lincolnshire England8
9Oxfordshire England7
10Fife Scotland7
11Cambridgeshire England6
12Gwynedd Wales6
13Herefordshire, County of England5
14Bedford England5
15Argyll and Bute Scotland4
177 England34 Scotland68 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
280
Peak month
May
Counties with records
42
Scientific name
Andrena helvola
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
277
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Andrenidae
Genus
Andrena
Name with authority
Andrena helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2676271 · GBIF 1357179