#4041 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Common Flowerbug
🇳🇱 Gewone bloemwants ·Anthocoris nemorum
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Lauwersoog, Netherlands
📍 9742 EH Groningen, Netherlands
📍 3432 Nieuwegein, Nederland
📍 Vlaardingen, Netherlands
📍 9743 AC Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Rupert Lees · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © André MIQUET · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Lauwersoog, Netherlands:© Magne Flåten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. 9742 EH Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 3432 Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Vlaardingen, Netherlands:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. 9743 AC Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The common flowerbug , Anthocoris nemorum , is a common minute pirate or flower bug.
base stats
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 67 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,457 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Flowerbug
- Nederlands
- Gewone bloemwants
- scientific name
- Anthocoris nemorum
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Anthocoridae
- sightings in NL
- 67
- sightings in Europe
- 1,617
- sightings worldwide
- 5,457
- GBIF records in NL
- 6,799
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 359507, Wikidata Q2013172, GBIF 2020855, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.