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Spined Mason Bee

Osmia spinulosa

590Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May21
Jun168
Jul235
Aug120
Sep37
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales72
2Kent England51
3Pembrokeshire Wales33
4Norfolk England29
5Oxfordshire England27
6Cambridgeshire England26
7Suffolk England26
8Thurrock England11
9Surrey England10
10Essex England10
11Northamptonshire England10
12Portsmouth England8
13Dorset England7
14Lincolnshire England7
15Somerset England7
454 England135 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
590
Peak month
July
Counties with records
29
Scientific name
Osmia spinulosa
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
561
Most recorded in
Swansea, Kent
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Megachilidae
Genus
Osmia
Name with authority
Osmia spinulosa (Kirby, 1802)
Described
1802
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 6096937