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Damsel bug

Himacerus major

510Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
60Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun11
Jul112
Aug141
Sep94
Oct67
Nov26
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England41
2Devon England39
3Norfolk England36
4Gloucestershire England30
5Cambridgeshire England27
6Kent England26
7Suffolk England18
8Surrey England14
9East Riding of Yorkshire England11
10Cornwall England9
11Lincolnshire England8
12Rutland England7
13Thurrock England6
14Oxfordshire England5
15Dorset England5
403 England15 Scotland31 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 60 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
510
Peak month
August
Counties with records
60
Scientific name
Himacerus major
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Nabidae
Genus
Himacerus
Name with authority
Himacerus major (A.Costa, 1842)
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10524052 · GBIF 4487075