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Cryptic Bumble Bee

Bombus cryptarum

362Records since 2000
MayPeak month
26Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb7
Mar40
Apr58
May67
Jun47
Jul43
Aug22
Sep19
Oct28
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland112
2Orkney Islands Scotland81
3Argyll and Bute Scotland43
4Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland20
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland19
6East Ayrshire Scotland7
7Stirling Scotland5
8Belfast Northern Ireland5
9Perth and Kinross Scotland4
10North Ayrshire Scotland4
11Worcestershire England2
12Fife Scotland2
13Aberdeenshire Scotland2
14Moray Scotland2
15North Lanarkshire Scotland2
13 England301 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
362
Peak month
May
Counties with records
26
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Bombus cryptarum
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
294
Most recorded in
Highland, Orkney Islands
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Name with authority
Bombus cryptarum (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26213 · GBIF 5870368