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Scolopostethus decoratus

451Records since 2000
MayPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb3
Mar14
Apr28
May74
Jun53
Jul45
Aug60
Sep44
Oct12
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England95
2Highland Scotland67
3Cornwall England51
4Norfolk England17
5Telford and Wrekin England17
6Cambridgeshire England10
7Dorset England10
8Surrey England9
9North Yorkshire England8
10Orkney Islands Scotland8
11Doncaster England7
12Devon England6
13Gwynedd Wales6
14Suffolk England5
15Isle of Anglesey Wales5
337 England84 Scotland24 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
451
Peak month
May
Counties with records
41
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
452
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Highland, Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Genus
Scolopostethus
Name with authority
Scolopostethus decoratus (Hahn, 1833)
Described
1833

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10664300 · GBIF 4486568