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Red-tailed Carder Bee

Bombus ruderarius

583Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar10
Apr49
May74
Jun82
Jul142
Aug196
Sep27
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland186
2Kent England117
3Herefordshire, County of England27
4Oxfordshire England14
5Essex England9
6Somerset England7
7Cambridgeshire England6
8Gloucestershire England4
9Powys Wales4
10Norfolk England3
11North Yorkshire England3
12Worcestershire England3
13Cumbria England3
14Pembrokeshire Wales3
15Cornwall England2
279 England276 Scotland27 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
583
Peak month
August
Counties with records
28
Scientific name
Bombus ruderarius
Also known as
Red-shanked Carder-bee
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
582
Most recorded in
Argyll and Bute, Kent
Conservation designations
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 ruderarius (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 Q1662116 · GBIF 1340394