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Pied Shieldbug

Tritomegas bicolor

2,789Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
49Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb6
Mar274
Apr1,113
May514
Jun300
Jul260
Aug91
Sep41
Oct4
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England283
2Kent England228
3Norfolk England195
4Cambridgeshire England162
5Oxfordshire England126
6East Riding of Yorkshire England102
7Suffolk England99
8Lincolnshire England91
9Essex England85
10Nottinghamshire England72
11North Yorkshire England65
12Rutland England59
13Northamptonshire England47
14Telford and Wrekin England47
15Surrey England44
2,784 England5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 49 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,789
Peak month
April
Counties with records
49
Scientific name
Tritomegas bicolor
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,524
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Cydnidae
Genus
Tritomegas
Name with authority
Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1757100 · GBIF 5758805