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Hairy Shieldbug

Dolycoris baccarum

21,763Records since 2000
MayPeak month
114Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb75
Mar283
Apr2,105
May4,657
Jun2,858
Jul2,830
Aug3,683
Sep2,730
Oct1,058
Nov170
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England2,004
2Kent England855
3Norfolk England525
4Devon England464
5Cambridgeshire England458
6Oxfordshire England458
7Surrey England443
8Suffolk England363
9Nottinghamshire England363
10Cornwall England337
11Lincolnshire England296
12Telford and Wrekin England294
13North Yorkshire England289
14Northamptonshire England282
15Isle of Anglesey Wales263
19,245 England634 Scotland1,712 Wales164 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
21,763
Peak month
May
Counties with records
114
Scientific name
Dolycoris baccarum
Also known as
Hairy Shieldbug, Sloe Bug
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
19,738
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Dolycoris
Name with authority
Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q814105 · GBIF 4485824