#4054 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Elm Seed Bug

🇳🇱 Iepenridderwants ·Arocatus melanocephalus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
2. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
3. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
4. © Sam · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Groningen, De Trefkoel, 9742 CA Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Professor Dondersstraat, Tilburg, Brabant, NL:© willembluijssen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 9717 ED Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Vlashof, 5011 Tilburg, Netherlands:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9742 CJ Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noord-Brabant, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Arocatus melanocephalus , the elm seed bug , is a true bug in the family Lygaeidae. The species was initially described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798, and Maximilian Spinola designated it to be the type species of the genus Arocatus in 1837. This bug is native to Europe but has been introduced to North America.

base stats

NL sightings 60iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,817iNaturalist 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).