When it is recorded
Jan215
Feb274
Mar299
Apr383
May1,470
Jun3,948
Jul4,718
Aug4,777
Sep3,287
Oct551
Nov203
Dec223
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 1,312 | |
| 2 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 1,114 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 730 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 607 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 578 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 486 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 457 | |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire | England | 360 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 322 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 310 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 307 | |
| 12 | Cumbria | England | 307 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 295 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 286 | |
| 15 | Glasgow City | Scotland | 259 |
16,359 England3,645 Scotland934 Wales221 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 21,188
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 122
- Scientific name
- Pentatoma rufipes
- Also known as
- Red-Legged Shieldbug, Forest Bug
- Group
- True bugs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 18,123
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, City of Edinburgh, Norfolk, Highland, Kent, Surrey, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria +44
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Genus
- Pentatoma
- Name with authority
- Pentatoma rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 35
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1078348 · GBIF 5758737