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Brown Soft Scale

Coccus hesperidum

179Records since 2000
MayPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb13
Mar27
Apr20
May34
Jun10
Jul5
Aug9
Sep13
Oct17
Nov8
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England38
2Sefton England17
3Essex England8
4Cambridgeshire England7
5York England7
6Sheffield England6
7Oxfordshire England4
8Highland Scotland4
9Norfolk England3
10Surrey England2
11Worcestershire England2
12Rotherham England2
13Stockport England2
14Plymouth England2
15Suffolk England1
159 England7 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
179
Peak month
May
Counties with records
25
Scientific name
Coccus hesperidum
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
154
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Coccidae
Genus
Coccus
Name with authority
Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q12868312 · GBIF 5712981