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Lygus pratensis

988Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb7
Mar24
Apr60
May48
Jun57
Jul238
Aug232
Sep151
Oct110
Nov26
Dec8

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England132
2Suffolk England80
3Kent England53
4Cambridgeshire England46
5Surrey England38
6Gloucestershire England28
7Oxfordshire England24
8Essex England18
9Northamptonshire England17
10Worcestershire England16
11North Yorkshire England13
12Lincolnshire England12
13Thurrock England11
14West Berkshire England10
15Salford England9
943 England2 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
988
Peak month
July
Counties with records
47
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
906
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent
Conservation designations
GB Red List (pre-1994 criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Lygus
Name with authority
Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 8380159