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Boat Bug

Enoplops scapha

291Records since 2000
JunePeak month
10Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar19
Apr25
May57
Jun77
Jul32
Aug24
Sep34
Oct16
Nov0
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England49
2Cornwall England49
3Pembrokeshire Wales40
4Isle of Wight England39
5Devon England36
6Gwynedd Wales30
7Torbay England14
8North Yorkshire England5
9Kent England2
10Plymouth England1
216 England72 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
291
Peak month
June
Counties with records
10
Scientific name
Enoplops scapha
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
280
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Coreidae
Genus
Enoplops
Name with authority
Enoplops scapha (Fabricius, 1794)
Described
1794

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q17272842 · GBIF 4388497