#3959 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

trivial plant bug

🇳🇱 Mediterrane prachtblindwants ·Closterotomus trivialis

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Benjamin ZELVELDER · CC BY 4.0
2. Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Voorburg, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. 3991 HA Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nieuweweg 65, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 6708 DE Wageningen, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Closterotomus trivialis is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae .

base stats

NL sightings 436iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,000iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 436 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
5,000 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Achille Costa in 1853 (173 years ago).