Family

Shield Bugs

Acanthosomatidae

15 species in our catalog · found in 29 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHemiptera (True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies)
FamilyAcanthosomatidae (Shield Bugs)

Species in this group

Sinopla perpunctatus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Phorbanta variabilis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Planois patagonus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Endemic

Oncacontias vittatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Elasmostethus interstinctus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Elasmostethus cruciatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Elasmucha lateralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Elasmucha grisea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Platacantha lutea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Elasmucha ferrugata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cyphostethus tristriatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Elasmostethus atricornis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Elasmostethus minor

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Xosa lugubris

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

~10%

Feb

~10%

Mar

<5%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~10%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Shield Bugs

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Nahuel Huapi National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	2 of 15	~30%
	Planois patagonus			~20%
	Sinopla perpunctatus			~20%
2	Torres del Paine National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	2 of 15	~30%
	Phorbanta variabilis			~20%
	Sinopla perpunctatus			~10%
3	Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park	🇨🇱 Chile	1 of 15	~30%
	Sinopla perpunctatus			~30%
4	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 15	~30%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~20%
	Edge-Striped Shield Bug			~10%
5	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 15	~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Bilberry Shieldbug			~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
6	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 15	~20%
	Birch Shield Bug			~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
7	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	5 of 15	~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Parent Bug			<5%
	Birch Shield Bug			<5%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
	Elasmostethus minor			<5%
8	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 15	~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
9	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 15	~20%
	Sinopla perpunctatus			~20%
10	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 15	~20%
	Forest Shield Bug			~20%
11	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 15	~20%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
	Edge-Striped Shield Bug			~10%
12	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 15	~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Parent Bug			<5%
	Birch Shield Bug			<5%
13	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
14	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
15	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 15	~10%
	Forest Shield Bug			~10%
16	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
17	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
18	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 15	~10%
	Forest Shield Bug			~10%
19	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 15	~10%
	Forest Shield Bug			~10%
20	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
21	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 15	~10%
	Forest Shield Bug			~10%
22	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 15	~10%
	Edge-Striped Shield Bug			~10%
	Hercules Club Stink Bug			<5%
23	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 15	~10%
	Platacantha lutea			~10%
24	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
25	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
26	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
27	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			~10%
28	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 15	~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			~10%
29	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 15	<5%
	Xosa lugubris			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	4 of 15	~40%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~20%
	Birch Shield Bug			~20%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			~10%
2	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 15	~40%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~20%
	Birch Shield Bug			~20%
	Parent Bug			~10%
3	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	4 of 15	~40%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~20%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
4	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	4 of 15	~30%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
5	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	4 of 15	~30%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			~10%
6	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 15	~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
	Parent Bug			<5%
7	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	3 of 15	~20%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
8	Dublin	🇮🇪 Ireland	2 of 15	~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~20%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
9	Anchorage	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 15	~20%
	Birch Shield Bug			~20%
10	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 15	~20%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
11	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	3 of 15	~20%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
12	Stockholm	🇸🇪 Sweden	2 of 15	~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
13	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 15	~20%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
14	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 15	~20%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
	Parent Bug			<5%
15	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	5 of 15	~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
	Elasmostethus minor			<5%
	Parent Bug			<5%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
	Birch Shield Bug			<5%
16	Yekaterinburg	🇷🇺 Russia	3 of 15	~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
17	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	4 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
	Birch Shield Bug			<5%
	Bilberry Shieldbug			<5%
18	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	3 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
19	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	3 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			<5%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
	Edge-Striped Shield Bug			<5%
20	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	3 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			<5%
	Birch Shield Bug			<5%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
21	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	3 of 15	~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
	Parent Bug			<5%
22	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
23	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	2 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
24	Paris	🇫🇷 France	3 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			<5%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
25	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	2 of 15	~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
26	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 15	~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
	Juniper Shield Bug			<5%
27	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
28	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 15	~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
29	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 15	~10%
	Parent Bug			~10%
30	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 15	~10%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			<5%
	Edge-Striped Shield Bug			<5%
31	Kazan	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 15	~10%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			~10%
32	Novosibirsk	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 15	~10%
	Birch Shield Bug			~10%
33	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 15	<5%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			<5%
34	Edmonton	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 15	<5%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			<5%
35	Auckland	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 15	<5%
	Forest Shield Bug			<5%
36	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 15	<5%
	Hawthorn Shield Bug			<5%
37	Cape Town	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 15	<5%
	Xosa lugubris			<5%
38	Calgary	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 15	<5%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			<5%
39	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 15	<5%
	Red-Cross Shield Bug			<5%

Shield Bugs

Species in this group

Sinopla perpunctatus

Phorbanta variabilis

Planois patagonus

Forest Shield Bug

Birch Shield Bug

Red-Cross Shield Bug

Edge-Striped Shield Bug

Hawthorn Shield Bug

Parent Bug

Platacantha lutea

Bilberry Shieldbug

Juniper Shield Bug

Hercules Club Stink Bug

Elasmostethus minor

Xosa lugubris

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Shield Bugs

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked