#4017 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Black-shouldered Shieldbug
🇳🇱 Knoopkruidschildwants ·Carpocoris purpureipennis
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- 1. © djhiker · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Lupoli Roland · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Gennadiy Okatov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Gábor Keresztes · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Roman · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Thorsten Usée · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © lemurtaquin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Carpocoris purpureipennis is a species of shield bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae....
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 105 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 20,100 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Black-shouldered Shieldbug
- Nederlands
- Knoopkruidschildwants
- scientific name
- Carpocoris purpureipennis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pentatomidae
- sightings in NL
- 105
- sightings in Europe
- 16,599
- sightings worldwide
- 20,100
- GBIF records in NL
- 9,815
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
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 147332, Wikidata Q5045848, GBIF 4485798, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.