#4121 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
European Tortoise Bug
🇳🇱 Schaarse pantserwants ·Eurygaster maura
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
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what is it?
Eurygaster maura is a species of true bugs or shield-backed bugs belonging to the family Scutelleridae.
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 2 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,826 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Tortoise Bug
- Nederlands
- Schaarse pantserwants
- scientific name
- Eurygaster maura
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Scutelleridae
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 2
- sightings in Europe
- 4,118
- sightings worldwide
- 4,826
- GBIF records in NL
- 5
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Scutelleridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 327173, Wikidata Q1500657, GBIF 5758789, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.