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Tree Damsel Bug

Himacerus apterus

1,341Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
54Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May18
Jun113
Jul289
Aug458
Sep213
Oct74
Nov19
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England127
2Cambridgeshire England76
3Norfolk England64
4Suffolk England49
5East Riding of Yorkshire England46
6Gloucestershire England42
7Kent England39
8Oxfordshire England32
9Lincolnshire England30
10Telford and Wrekin England30
11Surrey England28
12Essex England28
13Somerset England27
14North Yorkshire England21
15Bedford England15
1,305 England2 Scotland19 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,341
Peak month
August
Counties with records
54
Scientific name
Himacerus apterus
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Nabidae
Genus
Himacerus
Name with authority
Himacerus apterus (J.C.Fabricius, 1798)
Described
1798
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q811622 · GBIF 2021041