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Forget-me-not Shieldbug

Sehirus luctuosus

1,117Records since 2000
MayPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar13
Apr291
May429
Jun158
Jul100
Aug48
Sep11
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England104
2Norfolk England85
3Cambridgeshire England63
4Suffolk England62
5Surrey England51
6Oxfordshire England46
7Kent England37
8Gloucestershire England27
9Milton Keynes England25
10Lincolnshire England22
11Northamptonshire England16
12Essex England14
13East Riding of Yorkshire England13
14Brighton and Hove England11
15Nottinghamshire England10
1,089 England25 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,117
Peak month
May
Counties with records
38
Scientific name
Sehirus luctuosus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,060
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cydnidae
Genus
Sehirus
Name with authority
Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Described
1866
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10585726 · GBIF 4486163