When it is recorded
Jan2
Feb4
Mar7
Apr87
May605
Jun828
Jul1,171
Aug1,257
Sep449
Oct57
Nov3
Dec2
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 251 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 248 | |
| 3 | Worcestershire | England | 206 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 189 | |
| 5 | Devon | England | 174 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 155 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 112 | |
| 8 | Suffolk | England | 107 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 104 | |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | England | 92 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 88 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 74 | |
| 13 | Lincolnshire | England | 58 | |
| 14 | Somerset | England | 57 | |
| 15 | Swansea | Wales | 52 |
4,367 England253 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 4,626
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 61
- Scientific name
- Eurygaster testudinaria
- Also known as
- Tortoise Shieldbug
- Group
- True bugs
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,095
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Surrey, Worcestershire, Norfolk, Devon, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Dorset, Essex +4
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Scutelleridae
- Genus
- Eurygaster
- Name with authority
- Eurygaster testudinaria (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Described
- 1785
- Contributing datasets
- 18
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1130881 · GBIF 5758794