Species Detail - Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "General Biodiversity Records from 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

Species image

Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug
NHMSYS0020309624 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
peruf
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
11
7
7
21/06/2012
20/08/2023
3 January (recorded in 2018)
17 November (recorded in 2022)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, General Biodiversity Records from Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), accessed 12 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/85495>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), image, accessed 12 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/85495>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), image, accessed 12 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/85495>