#3951 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Sloe Bug
🇳🇱 Bessenschildwants ·Dolycoris baccarum
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © [Photo: Rui Andrade] Sousa P, Grosso-Silva JM, Andrade R, Chaves C, Pinto J, Paupério J, Beja P, Ferreira S (2021) The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese Hemiptera 01. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e65314. · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Lukas Large · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © anonymous · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Kostas Zontanos · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Didier · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Nadja Baumgartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Lee Ismail · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Dolycoris baccarum , the sloe bug , is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae....
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 918 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
- 51,666 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Sloe Bug
- Nederlands
- Bessenschildwants
- scientific name
- Dolycoris baccarum
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pentatomidae
- sightings in NL
- 918
- sightings in Europe
- 46,425
- sightings worldwide
- 51,666
- GBIF records in NL
- 50,377
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Pentatomidae
#3942 📷 9Green Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Groene schildwants
Palomena prasina
👀 3.1k in NL
#3946 📷 10Mottled Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Grauwe Veldwants
Rhaphigaster nebulosa
👀 1.4k in NL
#3948 📷 10Forest Bug
🇳🇱 Roodpootschildwants
Pentatoma rufipes
👀 1.1k in NL
#3950 📷 10European Striped Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Pyjamaschildwants
Graphosoma italicum
👀 984 in NL
#3964 📷 8Cabbage Bug
🇳🇱 Koolschildwants
Eurydema oleracea
👀 357 in NL
#3974 📷 10Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Bruingemarmerde schildwants
Halyomorpha halys
👀 276 in NL
#3977 📷 9Southern Green Stink Bug
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke groene schildwants
Nezara viridula
👀 265 in NL
#3988 📷 10Vernal Shield Bug
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke schildwants
Peribalus strictus
👀 205 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51666, Wikidata Q814105, GBIF 4485824, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.