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Grey-patched Mining Bee

Andrena nitida

3,249Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
66Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb4
Mar132
Apr1,678
May911
Jun232
Jul14
Aug3
Sep5
Oct31
Nov9
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England277
2Kent England212
3Norfolk England149
4Cambridgeshire England123
5Oxfordshire England74
6Surrey England65
7Gloucestershire England63
8Dorset England54
9Powys Wales54
10Suffolk England50
11Northamptonshire England45
12Somerset England44
13Rutland England40
14Pembrokeshire Wales35
15Devon England34
3,031 England1 Scotland216 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 66 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,249
Peak month
April
Counties with records
66
Scientific name
Andrena nitida
Also known as
a Mining Bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,919
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Andrenidae
Genus
Andrena
Name with authority
Andrena nitida (Müller, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2350198 · GBIF 1357545