About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Megophthalmus scanicus
Species · True bugs

Megophthalmus scanicus

217Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
37Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May1
Jun27
Jul77
Aug45
Sep19
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland29
2Worcestershire England26
3Norfolk England15
4Surrey England15
5Orkney Islands Scotland12
6Somerset England7
7Cambridgeshire England6
8Fife Scotland5
9Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
10Redcar and Cleveland England5
11Oxfordshire England3
12Gloucestershire England3
13Thurrock England3
14Dorset England2
15Cornwall England2
142 England57 Scotland18 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 37 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
217
Peak month
July
Counties with records
37
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
216
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cicadellidae
Genus
Megophthalmus
Name with authority
Megophthalmus scanicus (Fallén, 1806)
Described
1806

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10579983 · GBIF 4483929