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Box-headed Blood Bee

Sphecodes monilicornis

648Records since 2000
MayPeak month
65Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr76
May151
Jun117
Jul105
Aug83
Sep31
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England76
2Swansea Wales40
3Norfolk England26
4Cambridgeshire England20
5Suffolk England17
6Cornwall England17
7Highland Scotland16
8Argyll and Bute Scotland15
9Powys Wales13
10Pembrokeshire Wales11
11Isle of Anglesey Wales11
12Oxfordshire England10
13Gwynedd Wales10
14Fife Scotland10
15Wrexham Wales10
455 England60 Scotland119 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
648
Peak month
May
Counties with records
65
Scientific name
Sphecodes monilicornis
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
640
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Halictidae
Genus
Sphecodes
Name with authority
Sphecodes monilicornis (Kirby, 1802)
Described
1802
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2793647 · GBIF 1351304