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Megalonotus praetextatus

109Records since 2000
MayPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr6
May28
Jun25
Jul21
Aug19
Sep6
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England37
2Norfolk England10
3Kent England10
4Cambridgeshire England3
5Gwynedd Wales3
6Thurrock England3
7Lincolnshire England2
8Isle of Wight England2
9Isle of Anglesey Wales2
10Oxfordshire England1
11Surrey England1
12Dorset England1
13Cornwall England1
14Essex England1
15Devon England1
100 England8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
109
Peak month
May
Counties with records
19
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
106
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Genus
Megalonotus
Name with authority
Megalonotus praetextatus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
Described
1835

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10579643 · GBIF 4486506