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European Turtle-bug

Podops inunctus

1,152Records since 2000
MayPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb20
Mar53
Apr148
May302
Jun191
Jul63
Aug118
Sep144
Oct56
Nov13
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England101
2Dorset England62
3Cambridgeshire England58
4Oxfordshire England55
5Suffolk England53
6Surrey England53
7Norfolk England50
8Thurrock England48
9Essex England41
10Lincolnshire England23
11Gloucestershire England19
12Devon England17
13Cornwall England14
14Somerset England12
15Bath and North East Somerset England10
1,141 England11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,152
Peak month
May
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Podops inunctus
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Podops
Name with authority
Podops inunctus (J.C.Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2437793 · GBIF 4485704