#4114 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
northern fruit bug
🇳🇱 Beemdkroonschildwants ·Carpocoris fuscispinus
📍 07440 Boffres, France
📍 Eičiai 73145, Lietuva
📍 Länsi-Keskus, 10300 Karjaa, Suomi
📍 12250 Tournemire, France
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Emanuele Santarelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Thorsten Usée · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Harald Schnöde (Schnde) · CC0
- 7. 07440 Boffres, France:© Florian Mongin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. Eičiai 73145, Lietuva:© Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 9. Länsi-Keskus, 10300 Karjaa, Suomi:© Jukka Santala · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 12250 Tournemire, France:© Graphi · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,645 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Henrik Boheman in 1851 (175 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- northern fruit bug
- Nederlands
- Beemdkroonschildwants
- scientific name
- Carpocoris fuscispinus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pentatomidae
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 6,846
- sightings worldwide
- 7,645
- GBIF records in NL
- 747
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1851 by Carl Henrik Boheman
relatives· Pentatomidae
#3942 📷 9Green Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Groene schildwants
Palomena prasina
👀 3.1k in NL
#3946 📷 10Mottled Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Grauwe Veldwants
Rhaphigaster nebulosa
👀 1.4k in NL
#3948 📷 10Forest Bug
🇳🇱 Roodpootschildwants
Pentatoma rufipes
👀 1.1k in NL
#3950 📷 10European Striped Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Pyjamaschildwants
Graphosoma italicum
👀 984 in NL
#3951 📷 10Sloe Bug
🇳🇱 Bessenschildwants
Dolycoris baccarum
👀 918 in NL
#3964 📷 8Cabbage Bug
🇳🇱 Koolschildwants
Eurydema oleracea
👀 357 in NL
#3974 📷 10Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Bruingemarmerde schildwants
Halyomorpha halys
👀 276 in NL
#3977 📷 9Southern Green Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke groene schildwants
Nezara viridula
👀 265 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 469488, Wikidata Q2940155, GBIF 4485800, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.