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Mottled Shield Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

475Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb7
Mar54
Apr72
May36
Jun15
Jul20
Aug65
Sep106
Oct67
Nov22
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Thurrock England117
2Kent England63
3Northamptonshire England17
4Cambridgeshire England13
5Essex England10
6Suffolk England3
7Milton Keynes England1
8Warrington England1
9Medway England1
475 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
475
Peak month
September
Counties with records
9
Scientific name
Rhaphigaster nebulosa
Also known as
Mottled Shieldbug
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
418
Most recorded in
Thurrock, Kent
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Rhaphigaster
Name with authority
Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1416065 · GBIF 5758736