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Scarab Shieldbug

Thyreocoris scarabaeoides

213Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar9
Apr35
May63
Jun35
Jul25
Aug23
Sep13
Oct3
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England28
2Surrey England25
3Suffolk England14
4Oxfordshire England14
5Norfolk England13
6Isle of Anglesey Wales9
7Lincolnshire England8
8Dorset England7
9Kent England5
10Doncaster England5
11North Lincolnshire England5
12Nottinghamshire England4
13Gloucestershire England3
14Cumbria England3
15Isle of Wight England3
203 England10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
213
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Thyreocoris scarabaeoides
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
212
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Thyreocoridae
Genus
Thyreocoris
Name with authority
Thyreocoris scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10715883 · GBIF 4486004