When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr1
May61
Jun299
Jul474
Aug821
Sep889
Oct487
Nov51
Dec2
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worcestershire | England | 318 | |
| 2 | Cumbria | England | 163 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 118 | |
| 4 | Dumfries and Galloway | Scotland | 110 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 101 | |
| 6 | North Yorkshire | England | 97 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 84 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 81 | |
| 9 | Kent | England | 75 | |
| 10 | Surrey | England | 71 | |
| 11 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 52 | |
| 12 | Lincolnshire | England | 49 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 47 | |
| 14 | Cambridgeshire | England | 45 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 39 |
2,508 England559 Scotland179 Wales44 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,290
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 105
- Scientific name
- Picromerus bidens
- Also known as
- Spiked Shieldbug
- Group
- True bugs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 3,031
- Most recorded in
- Worcestershire, Cumbria, Highland, Dumfries and Galloway, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Norfolk, Devon, Kent, Surrey, Argyll and Bute
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Genus
- Picromerus
- Name with authority
- Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 23
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q243827 · GBIF 5160015