Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) - 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 lapidarius

Common Name Red-tailed Bumblebee

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000875567 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius (Linnaeus, 1758), Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus), Large Red-tailed Bumblebee

Designations Threatened Species: Near threatened

Abbreviation bolap

Authority (Linnaeus, 1758)

Group Insect - hymenopteran

Rank Species

Number Of Records 11694

Number Of 10Km Squares 617

Number Of 50Km Squares 118

Oldest Record 01/01/1894

Newest Record 28/09/2025

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 1 January (recorded in 2022)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 31 December (recorded in 2012)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Bees of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/5/Species/56067

Species Detail - Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bees of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)