Bombus sylvarum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the bombus sylvarum lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bombus sylvarum
Group	Bees, wasps & ants
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Apidae

Where does the bombus sylvarum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bombus sylvarum in 13 countries and territories across Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Luxembourg.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the bombus sylvarum?

The bombus sylvarum (Bombus sylvarum) is an insect in the order Hymenoptera and the family Apidae, genus Bombus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bombus sylvarum

Bombus sylvarum, the shrill carder bee or knapweed carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee with a wide distribution across Europe, east to the Ural Mountains, and north to Great Britain, Ireland, and southern Scandinavia.

It is called the "shrill carder" because the pitch of its buzzing is more shrill than other bees and it is a carder bee – making its nest by carding material into a fabric.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bombus sylvarum (revision 1306217341), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q927168 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).