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Bee spionid

Spiophanes bombyx

16,276Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan459
Feb386
Mar1,080
Apr1,172
May2,273
Jun2,911
Jul2,812
Aug1,653
Sep1,428
Oct543
Nov525
Dec167

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland31
2Ards and North Down Northern Ireland25
3Pembrokeshire Wales20
4Shetland Islands —11
5Devon England10
6Highland Scotland9
7Cumbria England9
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
9Ceredigion Wales7
10Carmarthenshire Wales5
11Suffolk England4
12Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland4
13Isle of Anglesey Wales3
14Norfolk England2
15Cornwall England1
1,214 England2,231 Scotland1,215 Wales798 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
16,276
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Spiophanes bombyx
Group
Worms (annelids)
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,636
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Spionidae
Genus
Spiophanes
Name with authority
Spiophanes bombyx (Claparède, 1870)
Described
1870
Contributing datasets
47

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1858639 · GBIF 2321057