Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

base stats

• NL sightings 147iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 12,116iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

• 👀Spotted 147 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
• 🌍12,116 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug

Nederlands

Mijterschildwants

scientific name

Aelia acuminata

class

Insecta

order

Hemiptera

family

Pentatomidae

sightings in NL

147

sightings in Europe

11,023

sightings worldwide

12,116

GBIF records in NL

9,082

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1758