#3984 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Spotted Firebug
🇳🇱 Kaneelglasvleugelwants ·Corizus hyoscyami
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what is it?
Corizus hyoscyami is a species of scentless plant bug belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae. Commonly called the "cinnamon bug" or "black & red squash bug".
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 237 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 16,327 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spotted Firebug
- Nederlands
- Kaneelglasvleugelwants
- scientific name
- Corizus hyoscyami
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Rhopalidae
- sightings in NL
- 237
- sightings in Europe
- 14,736
- sightings worldwide
- 16,327
- GBIF records in NL
- 15,903
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Rhopalidae
#3990 📷 10hypericum rhopalid
🇳🇱 Geblokte glasvleugelwants
Rhopalus subrufus
👀 197 in NL
#4055 📷 7short-winged rhopalid
🇳🇱 Kleine slanke glasvleugelwants
Myrmus miriformis
👀 60 in NL
#4080 📷 10banded rhopalid
🇳🇱 Grijze glasvleugelwants
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus
👀 33 in NL
#4170 📷 10Eastern Boxelder Bug
🇳🇱 Boxelder bug
Boisea trivittata
🌍 61.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51707, Wikidata Q204198, GBIF 4391874, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.