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A Mining Bee

Andrena ruficrus

250Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar26
Apr127
May85
Jun12
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland97
2Argyll and Bute Scotland53
3Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
4Cumbria England8
5Blackburn with Darwen England7
6City of Edinburgh Scotland6
7Falkirk Scotland6
8South Lanarkshire Scotland5
9East Riding of Yorkshire England3
10Fife Scotland3
11Perth and Kinross Scotland3
12Scottish Borders Scotland3
13East Ayrshire Scotland3
14North Yorkshire England2
15North Ayrshire Scotland2
45 England204 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
250
Peak month
April
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Andrena ruficrus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
244
Most recorded in
Highland, Argyll and Bute
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Andrenidae
Genus
Andrena
Name with authority
Andrena ruficrus Nylander, 1848
Described
1848

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2306313 · GBIF 1357952