Species Detail - Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Shieldbug Records".

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

Species image

Picromerus bidens
Picromerus bidens
Spiked Shieldbug
NHMSYS0020309660 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
pibid
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
2
2
2
15/11/2011
17/08/2014
3 June (recorded in 2006)
18 November (recorded in 2018)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Shieldbug Records, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens), accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/240/Species/85531>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens), image, accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/240/Species/85531>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens), image, accessed 16 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/240/Species/85531>