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Damsel ant bug

Himacerus mirmicoides

2,023Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan17
Feb23
Mar41
Apr74
May162
Jun224
Jul624
Aug424
Sep194
Oct95
Nov34
Dec10

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England198
2Suffolk England103
3Cambridgeshire England91
4Worcestershire England87
5Kent England72
6Essex England65
7Devon England60
8Oxfordshire England59
9Surrey England50
10Gloucestershire England43
11Cornwall England37
12Lincolnshire England36
13Thurrock England32
14Swansea Wales31
15East Riding of Yorkshire England24
1,863 England1 Scotland89 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,023
Peak month
July
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Himacerus mirmicoides
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Nabidae
Genus
Himacerus
Name with authority
Himacerus mirmicoides (O.Costa, 1834)
Described
1834
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1618973 · GBIF 4487069