Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS)".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

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

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Marine Map - 50km

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

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Scientific Name Bombus muscorum

Common Name Moss Carder Bee

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000875572 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Bombus (Thoracobombus) muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758), Bombus (Thoracombus) muscorum (Linnaeus, 1758), Bombus laevis [Genus inferred] Vogt, 1909, Bombus muscorum (Linnaeus), Moss Carder-bee

Designations Threatened Species: Near threatened

Abbreviation bomus

Authority (Linnaeus, 1758)

Group Insect - hymenopteran

Rank Species

Number Of Records 43

Number Of 10Km Squares 33

Number Of 50Km Squares 23

Oldest Record 30/06/1942

Newest Record 10/04/2000

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 7 March (recorded in 1997)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 19 November (recorded in 2020)

Species Profiles

Citation Bees, Wasps, and Ants Recording Society (GB), Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/267/Species/56072

Species Detail - Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS)".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)