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Heath Shieldbug

Legnotus picipes

51Records since 2000
JunePeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr5
May10
Jun13
Jul11
Aug8
Sep1
Oct1
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England10
2Cornwall England5
3Cambridgeshire England4
4Norfolk England4
5Surrey England3
6Portsmouth England3
7Suffolk England2
8Dorset England1
51 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
51
Peak month
June
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Legnotus picipes
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
50
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cydnidae
Genus
Legnotus
Name with authority
Legnotus picipes (Fallén, 1807)
Described
1807

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10593424 · GBIF 5758812