#3962 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Red-spotted Plant Bug

🇳🇱 Rode halsbandwants ·Deraeocoris ruber

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © bscrl · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © R. Ziebarth · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © anonymous · CC BY 4.0
6. Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 6708 DE Wageningen, Netherlands:© Pádraic Flood · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. Lisse, NL-ZH, NL:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Elsenburg, 2288 Rijswijk, Nederland:© Michelle · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Deraeocoris ruber (also known as Mirid Bug ) is a species of bugs in Miridae family.

base stats

NL sightings 377iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,699iNaturalist 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 377 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #21 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
17,699 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).