#4148 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
cruciferous bug
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke koolschildwants ·Eurydema ventralis
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what is it?
Eurydema ventralis is a species of shield bugs belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,498 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Friedrich Kolenati in 1846 (180 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- cruciferous bug
- Nederlands
- Zuidelijke koolschildwants
- scientific name
- Eurydema ventralis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Pentatomidae
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 5,461
- sightings worldwide
- 6,498
- GBIF records in NL
- 2
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1846 by Friedrich Kolenati
relatives· Pentatomidae
#3942 📷 9Green Shield Bug
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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
#3951 📷 10Sloe Bug
🇳🇱 Bessenschildwants
Dolycoris baccarum
👀 918 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
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 327172, Wikidata Q3734978, GBIF 4485895, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.