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Bordered Shieldbug

Legnotus limbosus

1,004Records since 2000
MayPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar12
Apr103
May488
Jun227
Jul41
Aug23
Sep17
Oct6
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England102
2Worcestershire England98
3Cambridgeshire England71
4Oxfordshire England54
5Norfolk England43
6Surrey England31
7Suffolk England28
8Essex England26
9Lincolnshire England26
10Cornwall England22
11Gloucestershire England21
12Thurrock England20
13Doncaster England20
14East Riding of Yorkshire England14
15Devon England14
991 England13 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,004
Peak month
May
Counties with records
47
Scientific name
Legnotus limbosus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
943
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cydnidae
Genus
Legnotus
Name with authority
Legnotus limbosus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Described
1785
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10716299 · GBIF 5758810