The following 77 species (Shieldbugs and Allies) are eligible to be included in the atlas publication. Please Ctrl + click on the scientific name, where it appears as a hyperlink, to visit the British Bugs website and learn more about a particular species.
Species marked * have either never been recorded in Kent, or are only reported in older records (before 1980).
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Latin name |
Common name if applicable |
Family |
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Hawthorn Shieldbug |
Acanthosomatidae |
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Juniper Shieldbug |
Acanthosomatidae |
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Birch Shieldbug |
Acanthosomatidae |
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Parent Bug |
Acanthosomatidae |
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Fallén's Leatherbug |
Coreidae |
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Breckland Leatherbug |
Coreidae |
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Cryptic Leatherbug |
Coreidae |
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Slender-horned Leatherbug |
Coreidae |
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Dock Bug |
Coreidae |
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Denticulate Leatherbug |
Coreidae |
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Boat Bug |
Coreidae |
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Box Bug |
Coreidae |
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Western Conifer Seed Bug |
Coreidae |
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Dalman's Leatherbug |
Coreidae |
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Rhombic Leatherbug |
Coreidae |
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Cow-wheat Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Down Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Petite Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Cornish Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Bordered Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Heath Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Forget-me-not Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Sehirus morio* |
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Cydnidae |
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Pied Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Rambur's Pied Shieldbug |
Cydnidae |
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Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Arma custos |
Pentatomidae |
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Black-shouldered Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Hairy Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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White-shouldered Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Scarlet Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Crucifer Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Ornate Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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New Forest Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Woundwort Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Striped Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Holcostethus sphacelatus* |
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Pentatomidae |
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Brown Marmorated Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Pentatomidae |
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Small Grass Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Southern Green Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Common Green Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Red-legged Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Vernal Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Spiked Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Gorse Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Pinthaeus sanguinipes* |
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Pentatomidae |
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Turtle Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Heather Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Mottled Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Sand-runner Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Pentatomidae |
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Pentatomidae |
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Bronze Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Blue Shieldbug |
Pentatomidae |
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Trapezium Shieldbug |
Plataspidae |
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Scarce Tortoise Shieldbug |
Scutelleridae |
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Tortoise Shieldbug |
Scutelleridae |
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Greater-streaked Shieldbug |
Scutelleridae |
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Lesser-streaked Shieldbug |
Scutelleridae |
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Scarab Shieldbug |
Thyreocoridae |
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Alydidae |
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Fire Bug |
Pyrrhocoridae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalus lepidus* |
Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Rhopalidae |
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Stenocephalidae |
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Stenocephalidae |
Species marked * have either never been recorded in Kent, or are only reported in older records (before 1980).