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Scolopostethus affinis

530Records since 2000
MayPeak month
46Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan18
Feb24
Mar22
Apr40
May81
Jun73
Jul54
Aug57
Sep27
Oct18
Nov17
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England84
2Norfolk England78
3Cambridgeshire England39
4Devon England33
5Essex England14
6Oxfordshire England13
7Telford and Wrekin England13
8Gloucestershire England12
9Suffolk England10
10Thurrock England10
11Swansea Wales9
12Cumbria England7
13Kent England6
14Pembrokeshire Wales6
15Surrey England5
420 England7 Scotland32 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
530
Peak month
May
Counties with records
46
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
460
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Genus
Scolopostethus
Name with authority
Scolopostethus affinis (Schilling, 1829)
Described
1829
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10664297 · GBIF 4486578