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Melitta tricincta

359Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun2
Jul82
Aug262
Sep10
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England64
2Dorset England21
3Essex England10
4Surrey England9
5Cambridgeshire England7
6Norfolk England4
7Milton Keynes England4
8Oxfordshire England3
9Thurrock England3
10Portsmouth England3
11Suffolk England2
12Medway England2
13Southend-on-Sea England2
14Northamptonshire England1
15West Berkshire England1
359 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
359
Peak month
August
Counties with records
16
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
358
Most recorded in
Kent
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Melittidae
Genus
Melitta
Name with authority
Melitta tricincta Kirby, 1802
Described
1802

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q144065 · GBIF 5040893