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Minute pirate bug

Anthocoris confusus

766Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
56Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan28
Feb16
Mar22
Apr37
May89
Jun91
Jul121
Aug72
Sep37
Oct27
Nov19
Dec24

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England157
2City of Edinburgh Scotland80
3Norfolk England58
4Aberdeen City Scotland36
5Telford and Wrekin England32
6Warrington England30
7Suffolk England23
8Surrey England17
9Essex England17
10Highland Scotland16
11Cheshire East England16
12Cambridgeshire England15
13North Yorkshire England15
14Devon England10
15Oxfordshire England9
558 England139 Scotland14 Wales18 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
766
Peak month
July
Counties with records
56
Scientific name
Anthocoris confusus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
694
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Anthocoridae
Genus
Anthocoris
Name with authority
Anthocoris confusus Reuter, 1884
Described
1884
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10413182 · GBIF 2020844