Field Cuckoo Bee (Bombus campestris) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Field Cuckoo Bee (Bombus campestris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bees of Ireland".

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 campestris

Common Name Field Cuckoo Bee

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000875546 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Bombus (Psithyrus) campestris (Panzer, 1801), Bombus campestris (Panzer, 1800), Bombus francisanus [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Bombus leeanus [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Bombus rossiellus [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Field Cuckoo Bumblebee , Psithyrus campestris (Panzer)

Designations Threatened Species: Vulnerable

Abbreviation bocam

Authority (Panzer, 1801)

Group Insect - hymenopteran

Rank Species

Number Of Records 133

Number Of 10Km Squares 74

Number Of 50Km Squares 51

Oldest Record 01/01/1895

Newest Record 24/09/2025

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 9 April (recorded in 2011)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 13 October (recorded in 2015)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Bees of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Field Cuckoo Bee (Bombus campestris), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/5/Species/56046

Species Detail - Field Cuckoo Bee (Bombus campestris) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bees of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per year (across all datasets)