Species Detail - Tortoise Bug (Eurygaster testudinaria) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "True Bugs (Heteroptera) of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Eurygaster testudinaria
Tortoise Bug
NHMSYS0020309231 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
eutes
(Geoffroy, 1785)
insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
183
91
46
01/08/1895
06/10/2023
12 March (recorded in 1933)
13 November (recorded in 2021)
Dr. Brian Nelson, True Bugs (Heteroptera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Tortoise Bug (Eurygaster testudinaria), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/111/Species/85102>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)