#3964 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Cabbage Bug

🇳🇱 Koolschildwants ·Eurydema oleracea

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Ian Boyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Bart Wursten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Ettore Balocchi · CC BY 4.0
6. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Ferran PestaÃ±a · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Philippe Garcelon · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Eurydema oleracea is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family and is commonly known as the rape bug , the crucifer shield bug , the cabbage bug or the brassica bug .

base stats

NL sightings 357iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,637iNaturalist 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 357 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #23 most seen of the bugs, crickets & other insects in NL.
17,637 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).