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Moss Carder Bee

Bombus muscorum

4,573Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar3
Apr125
May360
Jun938
Jul1,348
Aug1,410
Sep313
Oct34
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1,632
2Orkney Islands Scotland602
3Argyll and Bute Scotland437
4Kent England418
5Highland Scotland275
6Shetland Islands —117
7Pembrokeshire Wales82
8Somerset England62
9Cornwall England38
10Cumbria England33
11Ceredigion Wales20
12Swansea Wales20
13Isle of Anglesey Wales17
14Cambridgeshire England16
15Suffolk England15
920 England3,395 Scotland236 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,573
Peak month
August
Counties with records
48
Scientific name
Bombus muscorum
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,404
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Apidae
Genus
Bombus
Name with authority
Bombus muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1352185 · GBIF 1340286