Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Local BioBlitz Challenge 2013".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

Live Map

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Scientific Name Bombus pratorum

Common Name Early Bumblebee

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000875578 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761), Bombus burrellana [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Bombus donovanella [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus), Bombus subinterrupta [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Early Bumble Bee

Designations N/A

Abbreviation bopra

Authority (Linnaeus, 1761)

Group Insect - hymenopteran

Rank Species

Number Of Records 1

Number Of 10Km Squares 1

Number Of 50Km Squares 1

Oldest Record 08/06/2013

Newest Record 08/06/2013

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 1 January (recorded in 2019)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 6 December (recorded in 2018)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Local BioBlitz Challenge 2013, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), accessed 16 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/184/Species/56078

Species Detail - Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Local BioBlitz Challenge 2013".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)