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Heather Shieldbug

Rhacognathus punctatus

417Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar12
Apr51
May48
Jun65
Jul113
Aug75
Sep18
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England45
2Kent England30
3Surrey England26
4Highland Scotland24
5Cumbria England17
6Dorset England13
7Norfolk England11
8East Riding of Yorkshire England11
9Cambridgeshire England9
10Doncaster England9
11Moray Scotland9
12Nottinghamshire England8
13Gloucestershire England7
14Dumfries and Galloway Scotland7
15Telford and Wrekin England7
344 England60 Scotland9 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
417
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Scientific name
Rhacognathus punctatus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
380
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Rhacognathus
Name with authority
Rhacognathus punctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10585722 · GBIF 2078996