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Box bug

Gonocerus acuteangulatus

4,093Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan34
Feb50
Mar239
Apr792
May527
Jun281
Jul277
Aug615
Sep781
Oct328
Nov81
Dec41

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England366
2Norfolk England218
3Surrey England207
4Cambridgeshire England153
5Essex England145
6Suffolk England136
7Oxfordshire England103
8Lincolnshire England103
9Northamptonshire England102
10Gloucestershire England73
11Thurrock England60
12Devon England55
13Nottinghamshire England50
14Worcestershire England47
15Rutland England41
4,089 England3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,093
Peak month
April
Counties with records
50
Scientific name
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,675
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Coreidae
Genus
Gonocerus
Name with authority
Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3110569 · GBIF 4390084