When it is recorded
Jan7
Feb17
Mar38
Apr149
May1,141
Jun1,164
Jul954
Aug1,120
Sep739
Oct134
Nov19
Dec9
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 333 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 321 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 286 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 247 | |
| 5 | Nottinghamshire | England | 223 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 209 | |
| 7 | Cambridgeshire | England | 200 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 131 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 123 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 97 | |
| 11 | Thurrock | England | 83 | |
| 12 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 80 | |
| 13 | Rotherham | England | 71 | |
| 14 | Telford and Wrekin | England | 68 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 64 |
5,334 England370 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,769
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 75
- Scientific name
- Aelia acuminata
- Also known as
- Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug
- Group
- True bugs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 5,301
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Norfolk, Surrey, Kent, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Thurrock, Isle of Anglesey +5
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Genus
- Aelia
- Name with authority
- Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 18
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1826604 · GBIF 2079123