Species Detail - Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) - Species information displayed is based on all datasets.

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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Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug
NHMSYS0020309624 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
peruf
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
Species
905
330
108
01/05/1893
12/09/2024
3 January (recorded in 2018)
17 November (recorded in 2022)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes), accessed 04 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/85495>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)