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Carpenter bee

Xylocopa violacea

109Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr4
May9
Jun24
Jul20
Aug30
Sep12
Oct6
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England11
2Northamptonshire England7
3Norfolk England6
4Essex England5
5Somerset England3
6Gloucestershire England3
7Cheshire East England3
8Isle of Wight England3
9Surrey England2
10Dorset England2
11Devon England2
12Lincolnshire England2
13Worcestershire England2
14Portsmouth England2
15Medway England2
97 England2 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
109
Peak month
August
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Xylocopa violacea
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
104
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Xylocopa
Name with authority
Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q581995 · GBIF 1342108