Species Detail - Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens) - 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).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Picromerus bidens
Spiked Shieldbug
NHMSYS0020309660 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
pibid
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
272
162
84
01/08/1895
01/10/2024
3 June (recorded in 2006)
18 November (recorded in 2018)
Dr. Brian Nelson, True Bugs (Heteroptera) of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens), accessed 21 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/111/Species/85531

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)