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Common Damselbug

Nabis rugosus

1,466Records since 2000
MayPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb10
Mar18
Apr92
May248
Jun150
Jul104
Aug215
Sep165
Oct64
Nov27
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England331
2Norfolk England79
3Devon England79
4Suffolk England60
5Kent England57
6Telford and Wrekin England48
7North Yorkshire England39
8Gloucestershire England38
9Oxfordshire England34
10Dorset England31
11Surrey England29
12Cumbria England25
13Thurrock England19
14Swansea Wales17
15Cornwall England16
1,310 England11 Scotland73 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,466
Peak month
May
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Nabis rugosus
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Nabidae
Genus
Nabis
Name with authority
Nabis rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1962033 · GBIF 4487099