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True bugs

648 species

Green Shieldbug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
37,202
Scientific name
Palomena prasina

Cuckoo-spit Insect

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
25,331
Scientific name
Philaenus spumarius

Stock bug

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
23,298
Scientific name
Coreus marginatus

Hairy Shieldbug

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
21,763
Scientific name
Dolycoris baccarum

Forest Bug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
21,188
Scientific name
Pentatoma rufipes

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
14,450
Scientific name
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Birch Shieldbug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
10,114
Scientific name
Elasmostethus interstinctus

Gorse Shieldbug

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
6,724
Scientific name
Piezodorus lituratus

Common Flower Bug

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
6,684
Scientific name
Anthocoris nemorum

Scentless bug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
6,364
Scientific name
Corizus hyoscyami

Froghopper

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
6,233
Scientific name
Cercopis vulnerata

Birch catkin bug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,955
Scientific name
Kleidocerys resedae

Parent Bug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
5,884
Scientific name
Elasmucha grisea

Bishop's Mitre

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
5,769
Scientific name
Aelia acuminata

Plant bug

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
5,318
Scientific name
Plagiognathus arbustorum

Meadow Plant Bug

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,871
Scientific name
Leptopterna dolabrata

Woundwort Shieldbug

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,664
Scientific name
Eysarcoris venustissimus

Tortoise Bug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,626
Scientific name
Eurygaster testudinaria

Plant bug

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,304
Scientific name
Closterotomus norvegicus

Grass bug

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
4,190
Scientific name
Stenodema laevigata

Box bug

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
4,093
Scientific name
Gonocerus acuteangulatus

Plant bug

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
4,070
Scientific name
Deraeocoris ruber

Green leafhopper

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
3,954
Scientific name
Cicadella viridis

Brassica Bug

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
3,848
Scientific name
Eurydema oleracea

Saucer Bug

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,582
Scientific name
Ilyocoris cimicoides

Water measurer

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
3,544
Scientific name
Hydrometra stagnorum

Stink bug

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,290
Scientific name
Picromerus bidens

Bronze Shieldbug

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,069
Scientific name
Troilus luridus

Plant bug

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,971
Scientific name
Heterotoma planicornis

Plea minutissima

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
2,819
Also known as
a pygmy backswimmer

Pied Shieldbug

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
2,789
Scientific name
Tritomegas bicolor

Juniper Shieldbug

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,649
Scientific name
Cyphostethus tristriatus

Trivial plant bug

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
2,429
Scientific name
Closterotomus trivialis