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Two-spined Grass Bug

Stenodema calcarata

2,922Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
92Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan28
Feb22
Mar39
Apr160
May401
Jun421
Jul643
Aug524
Sep219
Oct92
Nov25
Dec26

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England309
2Worcestershire England282
3Cambridgeshire England133
4Kent England91
5Highland Scotland82
6Suffolk England79
7Devon England69
8Cumbria England66
9North Yorkshire England64
10Surrey England52
11Warrington England51
12Telford and Wrekin England51
13Cheshire East England48
14Sefton England41
15Gwynedd Wales39
2,429 England170 Scotland226 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 92 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,922
Peak month
July
Counties with records
92
Scientific name
Stenodema calcarata
Group
True bugs
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Stenodema
Name with authority
Stenodema calcarata (Fallen, 1807)
Described
1807
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3498359 · GBIF 6096767