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Mason Bee

Osmia caerulescens

1,412Records since 2000
MayPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr181
May514
Jun438
Jul135
Aug39
Sep7
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England104
2Cambridgeshire England50
3Kent England45
4Norfolk England37
5Surrey England32
6Northamptonshire England31
7Rutland England28
8Milton Keynes England26
9Suffolk England20
10Devon England18
11Dorset England17
12Powys Wales17
13Wirral England17
14Gloucestershire England16
15North Tyneside England16
1,327 England9 Scotland63 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,412
Peak month
May
Counties with records
72
Scientific name
Osmia caerulescens
Also known as
Blue Mason Bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,320
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Megachilidae
Genus
Osmia
Name with authority
Osmia caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2388784 · GBIF 5039096