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Western conifer seed bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

9,062Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
104Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan333
Feb425
Mar418
Apr239
May51
Jun39
Jul76
Aug329
Sep2,339
Oct3,632
Nov775
Dec371

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England532
2Norfolk England521
3Suffolk England392
4Devon England323
5Essex England296
6Cambridgeshire England295
7Lincolnshire England281
8Surrey England270
9Dorset England255
10Cornwall England184
11Oxfordshire England147
12Nottinghamshire England143
13Northamptonshire England114
14North Yorkshire England112
15Brighton and Hove England93
8,763 England58 Scotland228 Wales13 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
9,062
Peak month
October
Counties with records
104
Scientific name
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
8,921
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Coreidae
Genus
Leptoglossus
Name with authority
Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910
Described
1910
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q468719 · GBIF 5156102