#3944 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Dock Bug

🇳🇱 Zuringrandwants ·Coreus marginatus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Coreus marginatus is a herbivorous species of True Bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the dock bug as it feeds on the leaves and seeds of docks and sorrels. It is a medium-sized speckled brown insect, between 13 and 15 mm long as an adult, with a broad abdomen. It occurs throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa. It is often found in dense vegetation, such as hedgerows and wasteland.

base stats

NL sightings 1,543iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 63,114iNaturalist 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 1,543 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #3 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
63,114 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).