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A solitary bee

Sphecodes pellucidus

355Records since 2000
MayPeak month
27Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr37
May101
Jun80
Jul55
Aug33
Sep7
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales34
2Worcestershire England29
3Gwynedd Wales27
4Swansea Wales27
5Dorset England16
6Carmarthenshire Wales16
7Wrexham Wales15
8Surrey England11
9Oxfordshire England10
10Suffolk England7
11Ceredigion Wales7
12Pembrokeshire Wales4
13Lincolnshire England3
14Cumbria England3
15Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
189 England3 Scotland157 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
355
Peak month
May
Counties with records
27
Scientific name
Sphecodes pellucidus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
347
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Halictidae
Genus
Sphecodes
Name with authority
Sphecodes pellucidus Smith, 1845
Described
1845

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2451854 · GBIF 1351446