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Handsome plant bug

Harpocera thoracica

2,323Records since 2000
MayPeak month
93Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr536
May1,493
Jun120
Jul14
Aug2
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England132
2Kent England105
3Norfolk England98
4Suffolk England69
5Cambridgeshire England68
6Cheshire East England65
7Essex England52
8Surrey England50
9North Yorkshire England45
10Cumbria England40
11City of Edinburgh Scotland39
12Stockport England37
13Devon England36
14York England32
15Gloucestershire England30
2,087 England106 Scotland63 Wales19 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 93 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,323
Peak month
May
Counties with records
93
Scientific name
Harpocera thoracica
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,809
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Harpocera
Name with authority
Harpocera thoracica (Fallen, 1807)
Described
1807
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2529872 · GBIF 4488227