#4018 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Potato Mirid

🇳🇱 Aardappelprachtblindwants ·Closterotomus norwegicus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © drosophila · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thorny Toad Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ken-ichi Ueda · CC BY 4.0
5. © Mishanook · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © K Schneider · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Steve Daniels · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Grahame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Closterotomus norvegicus (also known as the potato capsid ) is a species of bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. It can be found feeding on nettle, clover, and cannabis, as well as Compositae, potatoes, carrots and chrysanthemums. They prefer to feed on the flowers, buds and unripe fruit. The species occurs in Great Britain and continental Europe. In 1997 it was moved from the Calocoris genus to its current name.

base stats

NL sightings 105iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,113iNaturalist 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).