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Fire bug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

582Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb8
Mar38
Apr61
May51
Jun47
Jul99
Aug90
Sep115
Oct43
Nov19
Dec11

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England186
2Essex England107
3Suffolk England75
4Southend-on-Sea England47
5Norfolk England32
6Thurrock England16
7Medway England11
8Surrey England8
9Portsmouth England5
10Cambridgeshire England3
11Dorset England3
12Isle of Wight England3
13Oxfordshire England1
14Northamptonshire England1
15Herefordshire, County of England1
578 England1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
582
Peak month
September
Counties with records
16
Scientific name
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
498
Most recorded in
Kent, Essex, Suffolk
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pyrrhocoridae
Genus
Pyrrhocoris
Name with authority
Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q486957 · GBIF 4486826