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Woundwort Shieldbug

Eysarcoris venustissimus

4,664Records since 2000
MayPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb8
Mar28
Apr272
May1,271
Jun1,131
Jul378
Aug587
Sep553
Oct73
Nov7
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England609
2Kent England329
3Norfolk England231
4Surrey England203
5Lincolnshire England148
6Cambridgeshire England134
7Oxfordshire England122
8Rutland England103
9Gloucestershire England102
10Northamptonshire England99
11Devon England98
12Nottinghamshire England86
13East Riding of Yorkshire England84
14North Yorkshire England80
15Suffolk England77
4,628 England35 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,664
Peak month
May
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Eysarcoris venustissimus
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,310
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pentatomidae
Genus
Eysarcoris
Name with authority
Eysarcoris venustissimus (Schrank, 1776)
Described
1776
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3208876 · GBIF 4485952