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Scarce Tortoise Shieldbug

Eurygaster maura

137Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May12
Jun35
Jul45
Aug36
Sep5
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England82
2Surrey England11
3Thurrock England10
4Medway England7
5Essex England3
6Suffolk England1
7Somerset England1
8Brighton and Hove England1
137 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
137
Peak month
July
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Eurygaster maura
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
132
Most recorded in
Kent
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Scutelleridae
Genus
Eurygaster
Name with authority
Eurygaster maura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1500657 · GBIF 5758789